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The FA will look into Manchester United’s co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s comments that Britain has been “colonised by immigrants” who are “costing too much money”.
As a director of the club, Ratcliffe comes under the FA’s jurisdiction as a “participant” in English football. An investigation has yet not been opened by the FA but its legal department is assessing the controversial remarks, which have been called “inflammatory” by the mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham.
The FA will have to judge whether the comments could be viewed as bringing the game into disrepute, or discriminatory. It will have to balance whether the billionaire founder of Ineos was just expressing his political views or whether the comments crossed a line.
Burnham has called for Ratcliffe to withdraw his remarks, which were made in an interview on Sky News.