It is now a year since Sir Jim Ratcliffe announced that he had purchased a minority stake in Manchester United.

In turn, he ended Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al-Thani's dream of securing a full purchase of the Reds. There was concerns from many about the prospect of Sheikh Jassim's Qatar-backed bid owning United and it is fair to say there was a fair share of relief that his offer failed.

However, there is a feeling of what might have been considering the seemingly unlimited riches that Sheikh Jassim has at his disposal. In the meantime, United have been left scrounging as Ratcliffe and Ineos undertake controversial cost-cutting measures - the latest of which has seen payments to a charity supporting former players stopped.

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With this in mind, MEN Sport has taken a look at the key revelations surrounding Sheikh Jassim's bid both before and since Ineos took control of the football project at Old Trafford.

Sheikh Jassim's masterplan

As we headed towards the anniversary of the Glazers making their minds up on the United takeover, the Daily Mail reported what Sheikh Jassim's masterplan would have been for the club had he won the bid. A new stadium would have been high on his to-do list, like it is for Ineos.

However, it was claimed that while Ratcliffe has looked to save money through staff redundancies, the Qatari bid would have aimed to increase employment. The plan was also to wipe off the debt accumulated by the Glazers.

It has to be stressed that it may be easy to say these things when holding no actual power. But, with full control of the club, there is no doubting the Qatari banker could have shaped United in his own vision.

David Beckham's true feelings

As the process was nearing its conclusion, David Beckham was asked for his feelings on a potential Qatari-backed owner of United. Beckham had worked with the Middle East country on their bid for the World Cup in 2022 but the Reds' legend was keen not to explicitly name who he thought should takeover the club.

"I think there will be a takeover; I think it's the right time," he said. "We all have our own opinions on who we feel should take over, but in my opinion, it's whoever cares about the club the most and who can take it back to where it should be.

"We all have our own favourites of who we feel need to run the club and look after the club and take the club back to where it belongs, but in our eyes, in the fans' eyes, we're number one, and we want to be back at the top. I believe I know the right people to do that."

Tottenham truth

With United in the hands of Ineos for the foreseeable, there were reports that Sheikh Jassim would turn his attention to Tottenham Hotspur after reports that Daniel Levy was looking to sell. However, it emerged that Levy was looking to follow the Glazers' lead and sell a minority stake of ten per cent.

This is unlikely to have appealed to the Qatari banker considering he wanted a full purchase of United. Plus, the Mail's sources would claim this month that Sheikh Jassim is not in a rush to buy another Premier League club and is waiting to see if the opportunity of buying the Reds would arise again.

"He is still a United fan," the Mail reports being told by a source close to the sheikh. "He is not going to rush off and try another Premier League club.

"If the opportunity to buy the whole of Manchester United arose again at some point in the future it is hard to see there not being a big level of interest. The plans are still there."