Sheikh Jassim has apparently been successful with his bid to buy Manchester United, according to triumphant reports from Qatari media.
The Qatari banker, whose full name is Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, lodged what his party described as a fifth and final offer last week in an effort to get the deal over the line amid competition from Sir Jim Ratcliffe. That came after reports that the INEOS billionaire was in pole position to get the nod from the Glazer family.
Sheikh Jassim’s offer for the entirety of United has now won the day, according to Qatari outlet Al-Watan – an organisation that his father, the country’s former Prime Minister, Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, owns. The outlet tweeted on Monday night that an announcement of the deal would come ‘soon’. It would bring some sort of closure to a saga that has rumbled on for months.
