At long last, Manchester United's takeover saga is over. Sir Jim Ratcliffe's INEOS have secured a 25 percent stake in the club, with the Red Devils announcing the deal more than two months after reports emerged that Ratcliffe had beaten Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani in the takeover race.
The much-hated Glazer family will remain in control and it is not the solution many fans had hoped for when it was announced last November that the club was exploring "strategic alternatives", which included the prospect of a full sale.
However, INEOS have a track record of working across elite sport and are bound to shake things up at Old Trafford after a decade of decline under the Glazers' watch. And their arrival comes at just the right time, days after a limp defeat at West Ham compounded the team's dreadful season. The club have lost 13 times in all competitions, are already out of the Champions League and not even good enough for the Europa League.
GOAL takes a look at all the areas Ratcliffe and the INEOS team need to address in order to turn United's fortunes around:
