I’m not so sure Scruffy Jim is in it for the long haul. He’s making snap decisions cos he thinks he knows best. Classic case of trying to bring his business nous into football and thinking it’s business as usual. He can try and bully other chemical operators and achieve success in that field but he’s now competing against other billionaire owners with United and can’t employ same tactics. Glazers have also stitched him up with a deal that was all on their terms.
Outside chemicals, he’s making a lot of strange business decisions and losing hundreds of millions. None of his sports ventures have been successful. He’s also spent £600 million on developing the next Land Rover, only for the new Defender to be launched which outsells the Ineos Grenadier 200 to 1. Genius move.