English press reports have shown that the race to acquire Manchester United is limited to a consortium led by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, chairman of the board of directors of Qatar Islamic Bank, who has made an offer to acquire Manchester United football club and British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe.British The Telegraph reported that the Glazer family, which owns the club, received the final offer on Friday and is now considering a comparison between the two.
The statement said: “Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani confirms that he has made a 100% offer to acquire Manchester United Football Club” without providing any details on the amount offered to the Red Devils.
And media outlets have indicated that the club, which has been on the market since late November last year by its American owners, the Glazer family, could be the biggest sports club sale in the world for around 6 billion euros ($6.4). billion).
“The proposal aims to restore the club to its former glory on and off the field and, above all, return fans to the heart of Manchester United Football Club,” the statement said.
He explained that if the proposal is approved, the club will be released from its debt, which currently stands at 580 million euros, with its promoters committed to “investing in football teams, a training centre, a stadium and infrastructure in the broadest sense.”
Qatar Islamic Bank is one of the largest banks in Qatar, the largest shareholder of which is the sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority, the owner of Qatar Sports Investment Company, which acquires the French club Paris Saint-Germain.
British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe and his petrochemicals group Eneos, which already owns French club Nice and Swiss club Lausanne, have publicly expressed interest in buying the English club.
But the English press believed that other proposals would be made.
