Jim Ratcliffe is making the most of his multi-club ownership by sending three Manchester United youngsters to Switzerland.
The British billionaire is also in charge of Swiss Super League side FC Lausanne-Sport, where a trio of academy stars will be training with the first team.
Habeeb Ogunneye, Jack Kingdon and Ethan Williams, who are all 18, have flown over to join up with the fellow INEOS-owned team this week, according to the Manchester Evening News.
All three of the players are on the brink of United’s first team, and will now get the chance to play regularly alongside senior footballers before trying to stick at Old Trafford.
Lausanne are one of four clubs INEOS and Ratcliffe have major stakes in, with United, OGC Nice and Ivorian side Racing Club Abidjan the others.
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The petrochemicals company purchased 25 per cent of United in February, and took over football matters from the Glazer family.
Before that, they bought Lausanne in 2017, but so far their multi-club ownership has only brought unhelpful headlines about the prospect of United and Nice not being able to play together in the same European competition.
Those fears have since been quashed with both sides in the Europa League, and now this arrangement could bring further productivity.
Ogunneye has already been in a United matchday squad, while Kingdon and Williams have both trained with the first team.
An academy trip to Nice earlier this year was said to have been hugely beneficial, with this Lausanne move the first the club has made.
FC Lausanne-Sport are currently two points from the bottom of the Swiss top flight, with the bottom six teams forced into a relegation play-off.
Nice, meanwhile, are mid-table in France’s Ligue 1, while United sit 14th in the Premier League after a poor start.
