{"id":39944,"date":"2023-03-28T02:48:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T02:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/man-utd-takeover-latest-finnish-entrepreneur-thomas-zilliacus-says-he-has-made-bid-for-club\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T02:48:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T02:48:43","slug":"man-utd-takeover-latest-finnish-entrepreneur-thomas-zilliacus-says-he-has-made-bid-for-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/sport\/man-utd-takeover-latest-finnish-entrepreneur-thomas-zilliacus-says-he-has-made-bid-for-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd takeover latest: Finnish entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus says he has made bid for club"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Prospective owner visits Manchester UnitedQatari banker Sheikh Jassim has joined Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe in submitting a second bid to buy Manchester United.A representative for Sheikh Jassim said on Saturday they put in a revised bid overnight.On Thursday, Ratcliffe put in his second bid after Wednesday’s confusion and extended deadline.It followed Finnish entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus stating he has submitted a bid to buy the Old Trafford club.Zilliacus wants to buy half of the club with the other half bought by fans, who will be part of club decision-making.On Saturday, Zilliacus claimedexternal-link he had also increased his bid for United overnight.Interested parties had until 21:00 GMT on Wednesday to enter their bids before the deadline was extended. On Thursday, an Ineos spokesperson said: “Ratcliffe and Ineos can confirm we have submitted a revised bid.”The Glazer family, who bought Manchester United for \u00a3790m in 2005, announced they were considering selling the club in November.The Americans have established a valuation of \u00a35-6bn for United.Ineos wants to buy the combined Glazer shareholding of about 69%, but the Qataris are targeting 100% of the club.Both sides met with United officials earlier in March.Man Utd bids deadline… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Prospective owner visits Manchester UnitedQatari banker Sheikh Jassim has joined Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe in submitting a second bid to buy Manchester United.A representative for Sheikh Jassim said on Saturday they put in a revised bid overnight.On Thursday, Ratcliffe put in his second bid after Wednesday’s confusion and extended deadline.It followed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1488,"featured_media":39945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMan Utd takeover latest: Finnish entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus says he has made bid for club - The Daily Herald<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/man-utd-takeover-latest-finnish-entrepreneur-thomas-zilliacus-says-he-has-made-bid-for-club\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man Utd takeover latest: Finnish entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus says he has made bid for club - 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