Nice's record transfers under INEOS ownership
While he was still CEO of Nice, Sir Jim Ratcliffe's brother Bob outlined what makes "an INEOS player". "People who can work hard for the team, track back, those sorts of characteristics," the younger Ratcliffe vaguely explained following INEOS's takeover of the French club in 2019. "It is important to put on attractive Football , where you see something special." These bland platitudes, combined with a flood of sporting directors with wildly contrasting backgrounds, have concocted a confused transfer strategy for the Ligue 1 side owned by Manchester United's new minority shareholder. Here's a look at the club's biggest buys under INEOS and Ratcliffe and how they have fared. 10. Alexis Beka Beka - £10.6m (2022/23) Alexis Beka Beka has been sparingly used since his signing / VALERY HACHE/GettyImages Just two weeks after getting sent off for Lokomotiv Moscow while playing in the capital of a nation at war, Alexis Beka Beka was starting fo...