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Alexandra Topping

Why is the Telegraph up for sale and who wants to buy it?

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the vice-president of the UAE and owner of Manchester City football club, funds a consortium that is planning to buy the Telegraph titles. Photograph: Uae Presidential Court/Reuters

Why is the Telegraph up for sale?

The Daily and Sunday Telegraph and their stablemate, the Spectator, were put up for sale in June after the failure of the current owners, the Barclay family, to repay debts of £1.15bn to Lloyds Banking Group.

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