6 billion euros. This is the amount that would have finally sold the Glazer family, owners of Manchester United. According to the Qatari media Al-Watan, close to the power of Doha, Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani won his case in the battle which opposed him to the Ineos group for control of the Red Devils. The formalization should take place soon. A potential takeover which is, a priori, not linked to Paris Saint-Germain and Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, contrary to what certain English media have mentioned. In any case, this is what the president of the club of the French capital recently indicated during a meeting of the ECA.
Still, Sheikh Jassim, president of the Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), would take full control of the club dear to Sir Alex Ferguson, while Jim Ratcliffe, owner of the British petrochemical group Ineos, already at the head of the club of Nice in the French championship, planned to leave a minority place to the Glazer family. If need be, United could set out to conquer all the titles, English and European, looking their rivals Newcastle (Saudi Arabia) and Manchester City (UAE) in the eye in terms of resources… League and FA Cup finalists, the Red Devils finished third in the English league at the end of the past season.
