The dramatic race to buy Manchester United has taken yet another twist after entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus confirmed he has launched a bid to buy the club.
Wednesday was a night of chaos as the 9pm deadline United had set for interested parties to lodge their second bids to either buy or invest the club was extended after the leading bids from Qatar bid of Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe's INEOS group were not submitted.
While Sheikh Jassim and Ratcliffe are both looking to buy the club from the Glazer family, the possibility of the current owners staying in control, with fresh capital being offered up by a financial institution or hedge fund, hasn't been ruled out. But there are more parties looking to buy the club and Zilliacus' proposal may be the most novel and ambitious of them all.
