
Thomas Zilliacus has withdrawn his offer to buy Manchester United and called the decision to extend the takeover process to a third round of bidding a “farce”.
Current owners, the Glazer family, have invited parties to submit a third round of bids, with Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, a Qatari banker, and Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s company Ineos seen as the two leading contenders to buy the Premier League club.