The golfer personally assessed his own investment in the Alpine F1 team during the US Grand Prix in Austin.

He has joined a group of prominent sports figures, including Anthony Joshua, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and NFL star Patrick Mahomes, in becoming part of the sport’s ownership.

At the age of 71, Ratcliffe has been associated with acquiring a 25% share in Manchester United, a prospect that McIlroy, aged 34, believes would be well-received by the fans.

McIlroy expressed, “Sports team ownership used to be limited to private equity, and people who had a ton of money.”

“But now sports stars are becoming more savvy and using their money in the right way.”

“I would love to be able to own a tiny percentage of the club I grew up cheering on as a boy.”

“I would have loved to have taken 0.00001 per cent of Manchester United when Jim Ratcliffe took 25 per cent.”

“And if another opportunity comes my way I will look at it. But it is not something that has come across our table as of yet.”

“There is Tom Brady at Birmingham and there are a few golfers -Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas – who invested with the 49ers Group, and they own a tiny slice of Leeds.”

“They asked me if I wanted to come on board, and I said as a Man United fan I cannot go anywhere near that.”

“Sir Jim has got a great track record and everybody that does support United should be excited by the possibilities if they give him full sporting authority and decisions for the club. As a fan I am excited.”

Manchester United performance and stats

Manchester United is currently 4th in the Champions League with 0 points.

It has a negative goal difference after scoring 5 goals and conceding 7.​

Manchester United will play the next match in Champions League against FC Copenhagen on Tuesday 24th of October in Manchester. The prediction is Manchester United winning the match.​

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