The long, drawn-out saga around the takeover of Manchester United appears to be finally reaching a conclusion.
The Glazer family, owners of the Red Devils since 2005 when they acquired the club through a highly controversial leveraged buyout deal, put the club up for sale just a matter of days after it was initially reported that Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group were considering their future at Anfield, a move that ended up focusing on the search for a minority partner in the Reds.
United’s sale process has long featured two prominent names in British billionaire and founder of global chemical giant INEOS, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, and the chairman of the Qatar Islamic Bank, Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al-Thani.
