America’s Cup and Football

The high speed of the America’s Cup draws comparison to Formula One, but the INEOS Britania owner brought football into the conversation:

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe subtly expressed his disappointment with the club’s first-team squad, suggesting that the team lacks the necessary quality to succeed in the Premier League.

Ratcliffe, also the chairman of INEOS, explained in an interview last month in Barcelona, that success in sports, from sailing to football, hinges on having the right tools, or, in football’s case, the right players.

“You can’t win the America’s Cup, unless you arrive at the America’s Cup with a boat that could win the America’s Cup,” Ratcliffe, before adding, “Same in Formula One. I mean you put Max Verstappen in a Williams, he’s not going to win a Formula One championship.

“And with football it’s the same with the squad in a way. That’s the parallel for me. You can’t win anything in football if your squad isn’t good enough to win something. The quality of the squad is a bit like the speed of the boat.” – Full report