In February Sir Jim purchased a 27.7% stake in Manchester United from the Glazers, an American family who bought the football club in 2005. Unusually this minority share, which cost around $1.6bn, gave Sir Jim control over sporting operations.

Ainslie’s partnership with Ratcliffe has led a Great Britain team to the America’s Cup for the first time in 60 years.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is reportedly still planning as normal for the club’s next game against Brentford in the Premier League, despite Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Joel Glazer holding a six-hour meeting in London on Tuesday.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is under pressure to make a decision on Erik ten Hag's future and he could have been having the same propblems at Chelsea