Billionaire tycoon Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been revealed as the preferred bidder to buy Manchester United from the Glazer family, after three rounds of bidding.
The English petrochemicals magnate, 70, has been engaged in a five-month-long bidding war with Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani for ownership of the club he has supported since he was a boy. The Glazers’ chosen deal-maker, the US-based Raine Group, is expected to confirm the winning bid within days, and the Sun has revealed that Ratcliffe is its first choice.
