Jim Ratcliffe flies from Nice to Antwerp for crisis talks at Man United and a Nice firesale

Jim Ratcliffe flew from Nice, France, to the outskirts of Antwerp, Belgium, on Monday, June 15, aboard his Gulfstream G650, tail number M-OVIE. The 1-hour-26-minute hop puts him within easy striking distance of Manchester for executive committee meetings — or closer to INEOS headquarters in Rolle, Switzerland. But the timing suggests he has more than a routine board agenda on his mind.

The same week Ratcliffe arrived, Manchester United confirmed it had sacked head coach Ruben Amorim and installed Michael Carrick as interim boss, per [Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-15466573/Sir-Jim-Ratcliffe-flies-Manchester-talks-Glazer-family-Michael-Carrick.html). The Glazer family had already flown in for face-to-face talks at Carrington. Meanwhile, [Bloomberg](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-united-ratcliffe-nice-sale-33238737) reported that Ratcliffe slashed his asking price for OGC Nice — which barely avoided relegation to Ligue 2 — to unload the French club. And in the High Court in London, the sailing feud with Sir Ben Ainslie intensified, with Ainslie alleging an INEOS executive told him Ratcliffe would “burn your house down” unless he surrendered America’s Cup assets, as covered by the [Manchester Evening News](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ineos-jim-ratcliffe-ben-ainslie-34067059).

The landing in Belgium, rather than Monaco or Manchester, fits a pattern: Ratcliffe’s recent flights have been dashboard-concise — Nice to Geneva, Geneva to the Isle of Man — and this one stops just short of London. It suggests a billionaire multitasking at high altitude, managing a football crisis, a club sale, and a legal battle from the same Gulfstream seat.