The Glazer family

Sheikh Jassim examining Manchester United books as Ratcliffe visits club

Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani’s financial experts are examining the books of Manchester United after rival bidder Sir Jim Ratcliffe visited the club on Friday

Jamie Jackson

17, Mar, 2023 @5:20 PM

Sheikh Jassim is favourite to buy Manchester United as talks begin

Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani is emerging as the favourite to buy Manchester United ahead of Sir Jim Ratcliffe before talks get under way on Thursday

Jamie Jackson

15, Mar, 2023 @3:14 PM

Manchester United sale talks in new phase after Elliott Investment meeting

Manchester United’s potential sale has moved into its next phase after members of Elliott Investment Management, a US fund, were at Old Trafford on Thursday

Jamie Jackson

10, Mar, 2023 @1:50 PM

Manchester United bidders poised for first meetings with club to discuss sale

Representatives of Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe are expected to hold meetings with Manchester United over the next fortnight

Jamie Jackson

03, Mar, 2023 @12:30 PM

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Manchester United bid would not put debt on club

The Ineos owner was the sole confirmed bidder on the eve of Friday’s deadline but a rival offer from Qatar was expected

Paul MacInnes

16, Feb, 2023 @6:44 PM

Manchester United fans must wait: football’s biggest sale will take time

Cristiano Ronaldo is gone and the Glazers are going, but despite such seismic shifts selling Old Trafford will not be a quick deal

Will Unwin

26, Nov, 2022 @12:00 PM

Glazers tell Manchester United fans they will sell to best buyer – not the richest

Manchester United have been telling fans’ groups privately that the Glazers want the best new owner for the club – and will not necessarily accept the highest price

Sean Ingle

24, Nov, 2022 @8:24 AM

The Guardian view on Manchester United up for sale: give fans a say in the future | Editorial

Editorial: The Glazer family’s leveraged buyout of the club was a sporting scandal in plain sight

Editorial

23, Nov, 2022 @7:00 PM

Glazer’s supposedly reckless financial Man Utd gamble has proved a triumph

Malcolm Glazer’s purchase of the team was an enormous risk. As his sons prepare their exit, they appear on the precipice of victory

Nils Pratley

23, Nov, 2022 @7:00 PM

‘At last’: Manchester United fans on the Glazers’ plan to sell up

Seven followers of the world-famous football club share their hopes and fears for its next ownership

Guardian readers and Clea Skopeliti

23, Nov, 2022 @5:19 PM

Royal Mail staff to strike over Black Friday and in run-up to Christmas after ‘final’ pay offer rejected – as it happened

Series of 48-hour postal strikes to go ahead while transport secretary Mark Harper prepares to meet RMT boss Mick Lynch on Thursday to discuss rail strikes

Julia Kollewe

23, Nov, 2022 @3:03 PM

Potential sale of Manchester United could inspire overhaul of Old Trafford

Vision and ambition are required to transform crumbling Old Trafford and Tottenham’s new stadium is an illustration of what can be achieved if Manchester United are sold

Jamie Jackson

23, Nov, 2022 @1:21 PM