'He hasn't seen a match this season!' - Sir Jim Ratcliffe criticised by 'annoyed' Nice manager after Man Utd co-owner claimed he doesn't get 'excited' watching his Ligue 1 team

In an interview with The Times, United and Nice co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe criticised the French club's style of play: "I don’t particularly enjoy going to watch Nice because there are some good players, but the level of football is not high enough for me to get excited."

In response, the Nice manager accused the INEOS chief of not attending a single game in the 2024-25 campaign, as he told reporters this week: "The article that [the comments] appeared in was a lot more complete than that. But he hasn’t seen a Nice match this season. He is speaking a bit more about what he saw at another time. With the people who are here at the club, we are here to make the club progress in order to be even better.

"It’s not that serious. We can be annoyed, that’s obvious. But is it really worth staying annoyed for a long time? We have to keep working, enjoying ourselves and doing the best possible. We have to move on and continue on our path."

Since taking charge of the Red Devils last year, INEOS' focus has been on the Premier League giants instead of the Ligue 1 side due to UEFA's rule that decrees owners with multiple clubs in the same European competition focus on only one of their clubs - both Nice and United competed in the 2024-25 Europa League.

Ruben Amorim's side will be back in action in the Premier League on April 1 as they take on Nottingham Forest in a difficult away fixture.