Former Manchester United director Michael Knighton has confirmed that he and a consortium are in the process of drawing up a bid to try and buy Manchester United from the Glazer family.
The Glazers, who bought United in 2005, are under increasing pressure to sell the club following a hugely underwhelming summer in the transfer window. The appointment of Erik ten Hag as the club's new manager was supposed to signal the beginning of a new dawn at the club, but a lack of activity in the transfer market has increased pressure on the American family to sell up.
Hundreds of United supporters staged a protest against the Glazers ahead of Sunday's Premier League season opener against Brighton, marching from MediaCity to Old Trafford. Once inside, anti-Glazer chants rang around the stadium, with Avram Glazer, attending for the first time in almost a year, watching from the directors' box.
