A bid is expected to arrive for Manchester United from Qatari investors by the end of the week, according to multiple reports.
With both United and Liverpool on the market at the same time, investment groups from across the globe, some from private equity and some sovereign wealth funds, have been linked with takeover bids since November.
Social media had been alive with rumour of potential interest from Qatar in Liverpool, with some suggestions that talks had taken place and that there had been an issue with regards to the amount of equity that Reds owners Fenway Sports Group were willing to give up. The ECHO has maintained, through well placed sources in the US with intimate knowledge of the situation, that no high-level talks have taken place and no bids have been received with any interested party from the Gulf nation. That remains the case.
