The process of the Glazer family selling Manchester United arrives at its first major public moment.
Friday is the 'soft' deadline for investors to submit bids to United, with US investment banking firm the Raine Group facilitating the sale - although Red Devil fans will want to have a say in the process after their toxic relationship with the current American incumbents.
The Glazer family have owned United since 2005, after the late patriarch Malcolm Glazer initially bought a stake in 2003. But after years of fan pressure, a failed European Super League conquest, growing debt and a lack of on-field success, they announced their plan to sell up in November last year.
