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Man United have walked away from a financial jackpot amid a critical new development this week. United fans are hoping that the arrival of Sir Jim Ratcliffe as the club’s largest individual shareholder will be the start of a new era, one is not as profit-oriented as the Glazer regime. The Manchester-born billionaire, who made his fortune in the chemicals industry, completed a deal to buy a 28 per cent stake in the club in February after a protracted takeover saga. That came two months after United issued a statement distancing themselves from what has undoubtedly the low point of their two dec…