The Qatari candidacy, favored to acquire the Manchester Unitedpresented a new offer, the British press reported this Saturday.
According to the agency Press Association and the newspaper The GuardianSheikh Jassim Bin Hamad al-Thani, president of the Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), has revised his second offer, presented last Wednesday.
There are three known candidates to buy the European football giant. In addition to the Qatari bank, there are British millionaire Jim Ratcliffe, owner of the petrochemical group Ineos, and Finnish businessman Thomas Zilliacus. Other proposals may be lurking at the moment.
According to the British press, the Qatari and Ratcliffe offer would be around 5 billion pounds (32 billion reais).
That sum would be a world record for a club in a team sport, but would fall short of the £6bn expected by the Glazer family, current owners of United.
Ratcliffe and representatives of the Qatari Sheikh separately visited the club premises and Old Trafford last week.
The Finnish offer, according to the press, would be lower, but Zilliacus proposes leaving 50% of the club’s capital in the hands of the fans.
After the first round of offers in February, the press reported that there were eight potential buyers interested.
The deadline for submitting second offers ended on Wednesday, but was extended until Friday, according to the television network. sky.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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