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Why Britain's Richest Man Bought OGC Nice & Not A Premier League Team
Jim Ratcliffe is ranked by Forbes as Britain's richest billionaire, with a net worth of $17 billion, or £12.3 billion - but rather than buying a Premier League team, the INEOS founder & CEO has instead bought football clubs in Switzerland and France.
So in this short quasi documentary, HITC Sevens takes a look at Ratcliffe's sporting and footballing interests, his possible motives, and what it could mean for Ligue 1 side OGC Nice in particular.
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only Alfie can take us on a tour of Nice in a football-related video
He just wants to say his club is nice Ok ill stop making s***** jokes
@matthewhernandez8342
3 жыл бұрын
NICE joke haha
@mdma2078
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Sashimi404
3 жыл бұрын
What if the actual reason he bought the club because people and media keep calling the club a "Nice" club?
@oj397
3 жыл бұрын
Michael Scott is your profile picture, no you won’t. Don’t stop.
@christophergallagher3845
3 жыл бұрын
You are wrong he bought the club for us favourite niece
Day 6 : Can you make a short documentary about Bury FC? Giving the fact that this team is not exist anymore, it will be another great documentary for this channel.
@MrBlazemaster525
3 жыл бұрын
The BBC made a good podcast series about it
@MrBlazemaster525
3 жыл бұрын
@mac the phoenix club yes, but right now technically they're in the same boat as Northwich Victoria in that the phoenix club and original club exist simultaneously
@jintsfan
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe get Gary Neville to narrate it. His local club.
I love how Radcliffe helped con rubes into leaving the EU then promptly moved himself and at least one of his companies to the EU so not to be impacted by Brexit.
@juanpabloperezgomez4349
3 жыл бұрын
And claiming that environmental regulations are a hurdle to your company's profitability is another gem.
@carlhunter5581
3 жыл бұрын
@@juanpabloperezgomez4349 Why stop at moaning about environmental regulations harming profits? Surprised he didn't claim that paying his workers harms his profits!
@tomveloso6231
3 жыл бұрын
Ratcliffe, radcliffe is the harry potter guy
@astudentthatwantstolearn
3 жыл бұрын
Oh shut up
@jinz0
3 жыл бұрын
But most of his wealth and companies stayed in UK where they earn more and will do better than if they were still part of EU, thankfully we got out of that trap, he was right.
Hey, I think you should post in the community tab asking for video suggestions so that the comment section of your videos doesn't look ugly.
@leolo1613
3 жыл бұрын
Or make a spreadshit where people can write into
@leolo1613
3 жыл бұрын
however, all the comments help the algorhtim
@GloTheActivist300
3 жыл бұрын
I guarantee idiots will still do it
@tsprime3114
3 жыл бұрын
@@leolo1613 that is true so it's up to Alfie to decide.
@feixas6961
3 жыл бұрын
@@leolo1613 a spreadsheet where everyone can write is a very bad idea. It's better to create a Google form where everyone can send ideas
Day 4: last 7 players to score a World Cup own goal: where are they now? Or how did their careers go?
@ipperz12
3 жыл бұрын
Escobar: dead
Thanks for making this video, I’ve been in love with Nice/Nizza ever since I went there on a language trip last summer, and OGC is my favorite French football team.
Cycling team is now called Ineos Grenadiers
This is the moment Alfie became Heisenberg
@James-vm4cp
3 жыл бұрын
Who’s Heisenberg? 🧐 Is he the one who knocks?
@wwehdizzle
3 жыл бұрын
@@James-vm4cp he's the one who uploads KZread videos
@gabsnandes7818
3 жыл бұрын
So, the irish guy is jesse?
Really confusing that you pronounce Lausanne like Lucerne, another swiss city😂
@schlauchflicker
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure he just straight up mixed it up or thought Lausanne is the same as Lucerne.
@kelvinwong1591
3 жыл бұрын
I heard him said Luzern lmao.....which is also a team in the Swiss league
@LegendNinja41
3 жыл бұрын
that's why i thought, for a second i thought Lausanne and Luzern are the same city, but then thought ''there's no way i could be so wrong about this while believing for years differently'', thankfully it's HITC who was wrong here lol.
@NeilBlaiberg
3 жыл бұрын
genuine question - how should it be pronounced?
@LegendNinja41
3 жыл бұрын
@@NeilBlaiberg i think like ''lao'' and 'san'', so like laosan (lao like low in allow).
This was really nice (pardon the pun) to see as I'm British living in Nice. I'm also a tour guide and tell the story of the noon cannon, so that definitely put a smile on my face. I live two minute's walk from the "Tête Carrée" or Square Head sculpture.
@Thom-jj7yr
3 жыл бұрын
Hi! British tour guide (Paris based) here. How is it in Nice avec le confinement et couvre feu etc? Is it normally feasable year round work? Do you live fairly central? Thanks :)
As a french subscriber I learn a lot about my own country and our football game from your videos.
@thierrydesu
3 жыл бұрын
On t'a reconnu, Pierre Ménès !
@pierrem6056
3 жыл бұрын
@@thierrydesu ahahaha mdrr
@pierrem6056
3 жыл бұрын
I believe he wouldn’t even say a nice thing about anybody
Day 1: Best 7 Caribbean Footballers of all time. (Had to either play for a Caribbean Nation or be born in the Caribbean and be uncapped)
Day 18 - The Biggest transfers of EVERY summer transfer window of the Premier League Era, Where are they now?
@tsprime3114
3 жыл бұрын
A reply
@amosstarkey485
3 жыл бұрын
A second reply
@zero111zero
3 жыл бұрын
nice
@manishbastola8729
3 жыл бұрын
Nice
The cheeky Eddie Howe for anyhow
Nice is like a grossly overpriced, less cozy version of any Croatian city on the Adriatic.
@angryman132
3 жыл бұрын
Cope
@vg1808
2 жыл бұрын
As a Nice resident I felt that
Really good video, I like these historic/cultural videos. Keep it up mate 👍
Day 16: 7 defenders who's scored a hat trick
@LuzSCP
3 жыл бұрын
I only know 1 Naldo
@reintaler6355
3 жыл бұрын
Serbian legend Mihajlovic with 3 free kicks in one game
@nahbiggie135
3 жыл бұрын
Materazzi, or has he?
@christophergallagher3845
3 жыл бұрын
I think the swiss defender Ramon Vega scored a hatrick for Glasgow Celtic but I'll need to double check Edit just checked I was wrong he scored a brace on he debut while Larsson claimed a hatrick
Day 27: Most shocking/surprising FA cup winners. By that I mean, the most surprising team that went onto win the entire tournament.
@SantomPh
3 жыл бұрын
Wimbledon 1990/91. There is no other
@elliotstone2764
3 жыл бұрын
@@SantomPh didn’t Wigan win it the year they got relegated
Petition to get Alfie a billionaire backer for the channel so he can spend his time traveling to countries to do documentaries of them
"Hampshire and Hampshire II... CHRIST" that killed me
@peterryan917
3 жыл бұрын
It would if you insulted the main man in another religion
@PayneysComics
3 жыл бұрын
@@peterryan917 how do I block you?
Lausanne are not fighting relegation. They are 2 points of European competition. It's just that there's only a 5 points gap between 2nd and 8th .
@MCFC570
3 жыл бұрын
Seems like he got Lausanne and Luzern mixed up at times
"Back in my day we could tell our wives to come back by shooting off a cannon" is the peak of boomer statements. It is perfection.
That you do a video like this almost everyday blows my mind. Good job👍
Day 8: Rank all CR7’s strike partners.
Another Brilliant post! I just love this channel!!!😉👍👍
Anyone here after the man United rumours?
@arthurmathebula5011
10 ай бұрын
We’ll here we are
Came here after the news that Ratcliffe is interested in a minority for Man United. I remembered Alfie had made a video of this bruv and Nice, lol.
I love these videos that examine different clubs in detail, hope to see more of them!
This aged like milk
Do a video on the purposed merger between the Dutch and Belgian league
@mmmcounts
3 жыл бұрын
Didn't that just happen? The video, not the actual merger.
@ThisisFerrariKhan
3 жыл бұрын
They should merger. It makes no sense for the BeNeLux not to be one league on it’s own.
He’s coming Chelsea
Absolutely loved the writing for this episode. Very informative but also humorous and entertaining.
Enjoyable video 👍🏻
Would you be able to do a video on the history of the football league in the Republic of Ireland?
Downfall of the Chansiri era at Sheffield Wednesday
Make a video on the career of Michael Laudrup. He Is criminally underrated and is almost never talked about.
Your videos are such a special and pleasant part of my daily routine. Thanks for all your hard work! Love from America
@HITCSevens
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Starkai, happy to hear it!
your videos are incredible and i watch them all the time but my man please speak louder at the end of your sentences! u get so quiet at the end of every sentence i can’t hear the last few words! flawless otherwise you’re amazing keep up the good work 😘
Great video I was in Nice for the Women's World Cup in 2019.
Day 671: An investigation into the relationship between veganism and youth devopment in South American academies
We can say now he's also the Nicest guy
I remember when some Chelsea fans wanted him to purchase the club, expecting heavy investment, looks like that wouldn’t have happened based on his history with Nice
It’s pronounced Côte d’Azur not Côte d’Ajour Alfie, zur is pronounced like the SOUR in sheikh manSOUR
this channel is epic this needs major finding !
An Adrian mutu Documentary would be good !!
Honestly I think it’s just costs less money to progress a club like Nice then a Premier League club. All the big clubs in England are owned by billionaires, and need crazy investment just to stay in competition for European positions. The fans all expect to compete year in, year out. It’s unreasonable and you come under too much media scrutiny. In France, reasonable investment and good coaching can get you into European spots. Plus the recruiting ground is fertile, Nice is a nice location to lure younger prospects to play, and sell them on for profit.
Can you do a similar video about Sheffield Wednesday FC and the owner (Dejphon Chansiri) 😮
I think a video were you choose the player from each premier league team that would fit best into the derby rivals team would be interesting.
paying off
Make a documentary on Kasper Dolberg
Please keep up these videos, they are great
I adore your literary devices
Great video! Heard about this maybe 1 or 2 years ago but I had forgotten all about it
18:34 'Just two games remaining'? There are 8 matches left to play. Great video aside from that :D
He could have at least called the second yatch New Hampshire
Really enjoyed that one
In General I don’t like INEOS. The ineos logo looks like the CBS logo. They polluted the Manchester Canal and other polluting activities. Last season in Formula 1, Ineos was rumored to buy the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team. It took a long time to renew Toto Wolff and Sir Lewis Hamilton contracts due to InEos.
Hey INEOS also helped Elliud Kipchoge break the 2 hour marathon being the made sponsor
That cannon story is actually hilarious
I’m ngl personally I prefer these types of videos to the list ones
Day 7 of asking for Steve Freezes 7 best team mates.
I quick suggestion why not do a video on limerick fc as the story around the club may be a bit interesting I went with my dad and know there bust
Fun fact: Alfie was in a popchips advert a few weeks ago
The reason is because Fc Clubs are excellent money washing machines...as well as he will have more links with France, European Union...etc...so he can keep playing in Switzerland, EU and UK without any issues for his businesses...money, money, money!!!
Thank you for another great video. It’s sad the terrorist attack 2016 it’s what come first to my mind when I hear about Nice. The city really deserves good news!
Do every English club owner ranked by wealth
Day 1: 7 football characters/players that are a dying breed
you pronounced Lausanne more like Lucerne 😅 it‘s more like „law son“
Nice video, Alfie!
This was not Nice
@tsprime3114
3 жыл бұрын
Bad comment
@47michaelcooper
3 жыл бұрын
nice comment
Lausanne Sport are currently fith in the league, just at 2 points of the european places, but swiss championship is tight, 5 points from second to eighth in the league
Another really interesting video but did anyone else get an obscene amount of ads for the length of video?
The video about OGC Nice literally start at 12:10. Just helping you 😁
Been watching you a while now, mate! and picked up a few comments related to your boss - which seem to be entirely justified. Given the business model of the channel, would it be worth considering starting up your own channel to reap all of your KZread ad monetization? I think you've got a consistent, active subscriber base that would follow you and I would certainly be one of them.
great story about the cannon!!
Great video!
Can you do the shocking story of Uniao De Santarem,i mean this team is doing pretty well and got almost relegated last season but they survive due to pandemic and now they are so close going to 3 Liga because the chances of been promoted to Segunda Liga got blow up
Radcliffe's next move should be easy and obvious, given the circumstances. Buy another club in a less wealthy country that produces lots of talent and has a good pipeline in place. Brazil, Argentina,, Mexico, take your pick. Identify clubs that produce great talent which are also falling on hard times with their finances. Become an angel investor for a bargain, and take advantage of some free transfers and favorable loans from a feeder club. He might also consider a more creative workaround in the US. Identify prolific academy programs that are not part of MLS, like Crossfire for example. Purchase the rights to a club in USL League 2 (formerly the PDL) and in USL League One, and later potentially in the USL Championship. These clubs are fed by already-successful academies that are quite prolific, and once again you're looking at free transfers and favorable loan agreements that get American players straight into Europe while bypassing MLS and then Nice flips some of that talent for a nice sell-on that is shared with the academy that developed the talent. This may be especially favorable because the US often lets its talent to to Europe for free- valuing the opportunity to develop talent there- while also being interested in getting a fair deal out of the sell-on situations as they arise. Radcliffe could probably do both of those things and it wouldn't cost a whole lot of money. The opportunity is there for the taking right now as so many clubs are struggling financially. There is some real value in a lot of these distressed assets.
As a Toon fan, while I long for the day of Ashley leaving the club, I think Ratcliffe wouldn't have been much of an improvement. Ashley also notorious for buying struggling brands and trying to squeeze profits from them (that's what he did with us).
Alfie just made a brilliant Chekhov reference in footballing context wow
Alfie, do a vid about the situation with FC Steaua Bucharest since there's 2 teams claiming that name and a mountain of controversial info on it
7 of the best individual seasons of the last 30 years to not finish in the top 3 of Ballon D'or voting
Is it because he gets to spend time in Nice and not, you know, Burnley
If you invest enough money into foreign countries it often gives you a second passport. No point in trying for an extra uk passport so if you have enough spare cash its worth shopping around elsewhere if the convenience of a dual or second passport appeals.
Could you do a video about SC Cambuur about their last two seasons?
Do a video on vfb Stuttgart
what an incredibly detailed video, thank you so much
@rigobertohukel4522
3 жыл бұрын
take my subscription at once
I feel this video should have (or hull city) in its tittle since we need a new owner desperately and of course Radcliffe grew up in hull from 10-18
Every PL Teams youth player of the year where are they now?
Shame he didn't buy United. We can only dream of having a boyhood fan as an owner instead of the Glazers.
Jim looks like Bill Nye the science guy
Day 54: Top 7 ranked National teams' golden generations if they were compiled into a league format
Ranking every brazil forward since bebeto pls do the video
Make a video on best players for each decade of football’s existence
I love these videos
7 underrated derbies in UEFA/world
Day 6: best England xi with players aged 30 plus
11:41
Day 3: 7 best combined manager and player carriers like Zidane Beckenbauer etc.