OGC Nice are prepared to sell Jean-Clair Todibo next summer with Manchester United one of several interested parties, according to reports.
16.10.2023 - 10:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Eleven years ago on Wall Street, Joel Glazer rang the bell when Manchester United were listed on the Stock Exchange. It is for Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani whom the bell has tolled.
Speaking to a financier a few minutes walk away from the bronze Charging Bull in Manhattan in July, they confided that the Raine Group, overseeing the possible sale of United, felt they had been tasked with selling something unsellable.
The 'United, United, not for sale' chant has been adopted by the Glazers.
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For some time now, it has seemed inevitable United would not be outright sold. A high-ranking official at the club reminded us on the pre-season tour in Las Vegas that the statement announcing the strategic review last November did not explicitly state the final outcome would be a sale.
Plenty of staff have kept their powder dry. Collette Roche, the chief operating officer, looked rather sheepish when she was unwittingly captured in photographs with Sir Jim Ratcliffe while a colleague cooed about what a "brilliant person" Joel Glazer is.
This newspaper wrote as far back as February - before the first deadline for offers - that Joel and Avram Glazer were reluctant sellers. That stance has hardened.
Sheikh Jassim's pitch ticked every box for several United supporters, with "plans to return the club to its former glories both on and off the pitch, and – above all – will seek to place the fans at the heart of Manchester United Football Club once more."
It promised to make United debt-free, invest in the men's and women's teams, the training complex, Old Trafford and fan experience and communities. It was a more
OGC Nice are prepared to sell Jean-Clair Todibo next summer with Manchester United one of several interested parties, according to reports.
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