According to some rumors, Manchester United has targeted an engineer from Mercedes F1 to help him in his data analysis.
The famous English football club has had a difficult season and is currently in 14th place in the ranking of the Premier League 2024-2025, while there are six games left.
The billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe is a minority shareholder of Manchester United and could take advantage of his minority participation in the Formula 1 Mercedes stable through his company Ineos, according to BBC Sport.
Michael Sansoni, engineer from the Formula 1 Mercedes stable, was expected to join Manchester United. Sansoni must leave Mercedes at the end of the year and Ratcliffe would be eager to welcome him to Manchester United. BBC Sport adds that “ No agreement has yet been concluded, but Ineos is co -owner of the Mercedes F1 stable, which should facilitate the process ».
Ineos holds 33 % of Mercedes F1 in the context of an agreement that started in 2019. One of the main Ratcliffe objectives is to improve the analysis of Manchester United data, which he described as “ still last century ».
Manchester United’s greatest weakness in recent years has been recruiting, with more than 900 million sterling pounds spent for new players since 2019. Many of these transfers have proven to be unsuccessful, which has aroused many criticisms against the club.
