The Glazer family is thinking about selling a small share of the Premier League Club.
The Glazer family is thinking about selling a small share of the Premier League Club. Bloomberg says that the Glazer family is thinking about selling a small part of Manchester United. Bloomberg says preliminary talks have been held about bringing in a new investor. United has said nothing about the report.
Rumor or reality
One source said that Ratcliffe is serious about buying United and that Sir Dave Brailsford and former players would be involved. However, United has not said anything about the rumors and rumors.
“If the club is for sale, Jim is definitely a potential buyer,” Ratcliffe’s spokesperson told The Times.
Ratcliffe is the CEO of Ineos Group Ltd and the richest person in Britain. He owns the cycling team Ineos Grenadiers and the Ligue 1 club Nice, which he took over in 2019.
This summer, the 69-year-old made a last-minute offer of £4.25 billion to buy Chelsea. His offer was turned down, though, and American businessman Todd Boehly was able to buy the club.
The Ineos Grenadiers are run by Brailsford as their general manager. He used to be the director of performance for British Cycling.
Glazers and Manchester United
Since 2005, the Glazers have been the ones who own Manchester United. United has had a tough start to the new Premier League season, losing to Brighton and Brentford. They will play Liverpool at Old Trafford on Monday Night Football, which will be shown live on Sky Sports. After two games, the 13-time Premier League champions are at the bottom of the table and are having trouble getting their transfer targets. In just over two weeks, the window will be closed.
A deal for Adrien Rabiot, a midfielder for Juventus, is getting less likely because Manchester United can’t meet his wage demands. This is despite the fact that everyone had agreed on a £15m fee. There is also less hope of signing Frenkie de Jong, but United still wants to sign him because they think Barcelona wants to do a deal and has a deal in place worth £72 million.
Erik ten Hag’s team also thinks the Dutch international wants to come, but they are aware that the possible move has taken much longer than they had hoped or planned. The club is looking into loaning Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic and is also interested in Borussia Monchengladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer.
United wants to sign Moises Caicedo, a defensive midfielder for Brighton, and Casemiro, a midfielder for Real Madrid, has also been talked about. Nevertheless, the club is also still looking for a forward player. PSV Eindhoven’s Cody Gakpo and Stuttgart’s Sasa Kalajdzic are two names that have come up.
‘This is about bringing in an investor’ – Kaveh Solhekol.
Kaveh Solhekol, who is the head reporter for Sky Sports, said:
“The Glazer family don’t want to sell Manchester United, according to Bloomberg, but just bring in more investment to the club.
“The New York Stock Exchange has reacted to that news with United shares going up by four per cent this morning and, according to Bloomberg, any potential deal could see Manchester United valued at up to £5 billion. United are not commenting on these reports at all.
“If we’re talking about bringing in investment to a club like Manchester United, there are a lot of people out there who want to invest in Premier League clubs at the moment. We saw when Chelsea were put up for sale the New York Investment Bank, who were marketing the sale, were contacted by more than 100 parties.
“There is a lot of interest, especially in the US, in investing in Premier League clubs. Why do they want to do that? They think they can get a good deal at the moment and that the value of Premier League clubs is going to boom in the next few years because they believe there will be a lot more interest in streaming and they can make money from the fans these Premier League clubs have all around the world.
“As far at the Glazer family are concerned, they effectively sold a minority stake in United before because they floated the club on the New York Stock Exchange, selling 10 per cent of their shares. They sold that stake to shareholders – this time it’s about bringing in an investor.”