Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Prospective owner visits Manchester UnitedProspective owners of Manchester United have been told they have until 21:00 GMT on Wednesday to submit second, revised bids for the club as the takeover saga accelerates. Just how strict this deadline is, and whether any other bidders emerge, remains unclear. But BBC Sport has learned that United officials met eight different potential investors over a 10-day period of high-level meetings recently, and confidence is high that several could make formal offers.It could mean that a ‘preferred bidder’ is declared by Raine – the investment bank conducting the sale – very soon, with it then granted exclusivity on the more thorough due diligence process that would take place. It means the only two publicly-decla… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
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