Friday 17 February was set as a deadline for those interested to submit their bids by the owners Glazers. Now Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani confirms that he has submitted a bid for the club. – Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani can today confirm that he has submitted a bid to buy 100 percent of Manchester United Football Club, he writes in a press release. – The aim is to ensure that the club returns to its old heights both on and off the pitch and we will – first and foremost – ensure that the fans are the heart of Manchester United again, it continues. According to New York Times journalist Tariq Panja, Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani is the football-mad royal behind Qatar’s World Cup plans. – Expect chaos Even though bids have now been submitted from Qatar, there are many supporters who do not want Qatari owners in Manchester United. – I expect chaotic conditions if the club is sold to Qatar, says Dag Langerød, responsible editor at united.no to news before Qatar confirmed that they have submitted a bid. The impression he has received from social media, within his own supporters’ club and among local fans, is that they do not want Qatar as owners. – I think we will see much of the same as happened in 2005 when the Glazers bought the club. I have heard several people say that if Qatar buys the club, then it is over between me and United. The Glazers were met with huge protests and had to leave Old Trafford in armored vehicles when they bought the club. Bidding war It is not just Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani who is interested in buying what many believe is the world’s biggest football club. Sir Jim Ratcliffe has officially come out and said he wants to buy Manchester United. The 70-year-old is a lifelong Manchester United supporter, and owns the petroleum company Ineos. Ineos is also part owner of the Formula 1 team Mercedes, and owns the French team Nice. In addition to Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani and Ratcliffe, the Daily Mail writes that Tesla founder and Twitter owner Elon Musk is watching behind the scenes. Musk has previously boasted that he will buy the big club on Twitter, but now, according to the British newspaper, something more serious is behind it. It is also said that an American consortium is interested in the club. If these four ended up in a bidding war for Manchester United, it would be a rough match in favor of QIA. According to Forbes, Ratcliffe is worth 15.1 billion dollars (approx. 152 billion Norwegian kroner), while Musk is worth 187.2 billion dollars (approx. 1.8 trillion Norwegian kroner). It is a pittance compared to the Qatari investment fund, which according to Bloomberg is worth 450 billion dollars (approx. 4.5 trillion Norwegian kroner). The emir will also be a Manchester United supporter, writes the same website. Unpopular Glazers Manchester United is owned by the Glazer family, who bought the club in 2005. Then it was Malcom Glazer who bought the club, but he passed away in 2014. Then sons Avram and Joel Glazer took over the shares from their father. But it is primarily Joel and Avram Glazer who have been most prominent in their roles at Manchester United. The others are reported not to be interested. The Manchester Evening News writes that Joel and Avram are looking at the possibilities of buying out the rest of the family. It may also change the plans to sell the whole club, because they will be skeptical about selling.
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