PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN Salman’s rumoured interest in buying Manchester United is false according to a denial issued by one of his ministers in Saudi Arabia.
A report by The Sun claimed Bin Salman was readying a £3.8 billion (€4.3bn) bid – a deal that would give the Glazer family a huge £2.2bn (€2.5bn) profit on the club they controversially acquired for £790 million (€901 million) in 2005.
With the Glazers having struggled to win over the support of fans throughout their time in charge of United, takeover speculation has surfaced at regular intervals.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman is the latest to have been linked with an effort to wrestle power from the current American ownership in Manchester.
A tweet from Turki Al-Shabanah, the minister for Saudi media, has admitted to a meeting taking place between United representatives and the Gulf state’s royal investment fund, but only to discuss a potential sponsorship tie-up.
“The news that Prince Mohammed bin Salman desires to acquire Manchester United is completely untrue news,” Al-Shabanah’s tweet read.
“The fact of the matter is that the club held a meeting with the public investment fund to discuss an advertisement sponsorship project.
“The Fund listened to the proposals as [it would] any other”.
In October 2017, United agreed a strategic partnership in Saudi Arabia with the country’s General Sports Authority (GSA).
United also have a commercial partnership with Saudi Telecom and, at the time of the GSA deal, United’s group managing director Richard Arnold said,”the club has a long-standing relationship with Saudi Arabia and has over five million passionate fans in the region.
“Having the chance to help shape the football industry in the Kingdom is a great honour and it is something where we believe we can make a big difference.”
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Surely he shouldn’t be admitting this?
@Declan Snow: 100% should receive a one match ban. For doing it and even more for being so open and proud of it.
Why would you come out and admit doing this…!!
1 1 in Germany with 5 mins to go and every Liverpool player should go down holding their leg.
@Dan: no point doing that when it’s 3-1 to Bayern you gimp
Did he also reveal that water is wet? Cue the outrage. Even though every team does it
Iv said it before if a players goes down and match has to be stopped, they should have to go off for a minimum period of time say 3 minutes. See how quickly all this would stop.
@Cormac Flanagan: and what about genuine cases? Want the oppositions star striker off for 3 minutes? “Accidentally stand on his toes at a corner….
@Ted Logan: if it’s genuine then he will require time for treatment anyway. Or be substituted. And if the star striker gets targeted it’s up to the ref/VAR to sort it out.
Football players fake injury , shocker
That game was like playing fifa being a goal up at the end and just passing about killing time at the same time pissing off the other player
Ramos is still a (unt though right?
Good thing Bielsa didn’t say this. 200k find incoming
Well , there’s a surprise . He won’t have any bad feelings so if Liverpool are ahead and develop a lot of cramp ! How does these guys become managers ? A silly admittance . Half time ….. hope next game is better than the anfield one .
Kick em out of the competition
@Hardly Normal: Harsh.
@James Clancy: I know ya but still
This is worse than Beckham gettin the yellow card