The Glazer family currently owns United but are coming under pressure from disgruntled fans to sell.
Ratcliffe (pictured above with Lewis Hamilton), 69, was involved in a bid to buy Chelsea earlier this year but lost out.
He is the CEO of Ineos, a company which own 33 percent of Mercedes F1.
A third is owned by Daimler, who own Mercedes-Benz, and the remaining third is owned by team principal Toto Wolff, explaining his vast fortune.
Ratcliffe’s spokesperson told The Times: “If the club is for sale, Jim is definitely a potential buyer.
“If something like this was possible, we would be interested in talking with a view to long-term ownership.”
Ratcliffe is already involved in football. He owns French team Nice, and Swiss team FC Lausanne-Sport.
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