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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Matthew Cooper

Man Utd takeover bidder withdraws from running as investment "no longer makes sense"

Finnish entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus says he is looking to buy a different football club as it 'no longer makes sense' to try and purchase Manchester United.

United have been up for sale for over six months now and the saga continues to drag on, with Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani the two frontrunners. Ratcliffe is said to have tabled a bid for a majority stake in the club worth around £5billion, while Sheikh Jassim made a fifth and final offer earlier this week for full ownership.

However, both offers are short of the £6billion the Glazer family are after and Zilliacus, who made an initial bid back in March, has repeatedly criticised the sale process and the Glazer's demands.

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