Manchester United have been under the ownership of the Glazer family for the past 17 years, but in the past 24 hours it has emerged that the club has been put up for sale, with interested parties free to bid for the right to run the club.
The statement came on the same day that Cristiano Ronaldo was allowed to leave Old Trafford, with the Portuguese forward leaving by mutual agreement following his bombshell interview with Piers Morgan which was last week.
Here, we take a look at the latest news from a busy 24 hours in Manchester: