Determined to buy Manchester United for several billion euros, Qatar would however be overtaken by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who would now be favored by the American owners of the Red Devils.
A year after Manchester United was officially put up for sale by the Glazer family, is the outcome imminent? The American owners of the Red Devils continued to increase the sale price and, during the summer, Qatar reportedly agreed to pay 6 billion pounds (more than 6.9 billion euros!) to take control from one of the most popular clubs in the world. In vain…
In recent weeks, the Glazers (five brothers and a sister) have stopped responding. And for good reason: they would be more interested in a sale to the British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe. According to Bloomberg Businessthe boss of Ineos (a company specializing in the chemicals sector, originally) is now favorite to buy United.
Some members of the Glazer siblings would still like to remain in the capital of the club and Ratcliffe would leave the door to this possibility, where Qatar imagines itself as the sole owner of the residents of Old Trafford. This looks bad for Qatar and in particular Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who commissioned a distant cousin (Sheikh Jassim) to buy Manchester United.
