Thomas Zilliacus was 11 years old when he watched Denis Law and Bobby Charlton in the flesh for the first time - and instantly fell in love with Manchester United.
Now, almost 58 years after seeing Matt Busby’s team prevail 3-2 in a European Cup tie at Helsinki’s Olympic Stadium, the Finnish entrepreneur has a vision for the Reds that would have blown the imagination of the backstreet butcher who owned United back in the day. Zilliacus has spent a lifetime earning his fortune at the frontier of communications technology.
Now he wants to buy United from the Glazer family, the six absent American siblings who need a security detail just to visit Old Trafford such is the depth of fury about their 18-year reign.
