Seconds out, round three - what is happening with the Man Utd sale?

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Avram (left) and Joel Glazer be a Manchester United match

It is 142 days since the Glazer household said they were considering selling Manchester United.

"The bidding is turning into a farce, with the Glazers giving nary respect to the club," Finnish entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus said.

Zilliacus' engagement has not precisely been taken earnestly by those progressive successful the process but his words person resonated, with galore starting to wonder: what is going on?

What bash we cognize astir wherefore this has gone to a 3rd circular of bidding?

The evident crushed wherefore determination would present beryllium a 3rd circular of bidding is either nary bidder has reached the terms the Glazer household are looking for, oregon the household judge they tin get much retired of those who person bid.

It is not wide whether the Glazers are unified successful their investigation of the situation. Co-chairmen and brothers Joel and Avram person ever been much invested successful the nine personally but Bryan, Kevin, Edward and Darcie are directors too.

Who is inactive successful the running?

The lone publically known bidders are Qatari billionaire Sheikh Jassim and Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos group.

Sheikh Jassim wants to bargain 100% of United, portion Ineos privation the Glazer family's 69% shareholding and are blessed to permission the remainder of the nine connected the New York Stock Exchange.

Elliott Investment Group person revised their engagement from purely offering backing to being prepared to bargain a number stake. The US steadfast person not said precisely however large a 'minority' they are consenting to purchase.

Will the woody beryllium done earlier the commencement of adjacent season?

It should beryllium - however, dissimilar the Chelsea merchantability past year, determination is nary deadline connected this deal.

The archetypal feeling was a merchantability would beryllium completed by the extremity of March. Even taking delays into account, it was expected a woody would beryllium sorted by the extremity of the season.

Evidently, the March deadline has passed. There is hardly 5 weeks from what is believed to beryllium the deadline for 3rd offers and the extremity of the season, which is not a large woody of time.

What does it mean for manager Ten Hag?

At the precise least, it creates uncertainty.

While determination are Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules that person to beryllium adhered to - and successful their caller second-quarter accounts United's wide indebtedness stood astatine astir £1bn - Erik Ten Hag knows helium needs to amended his squad this summertime and the players helium wants volition outgo a batch of money.

United are hopeless for a striker. Borussia Dortmund and England midfielder Jude Bellingham, for instance, would bid successful excess of £100m. A overmuch cheaper alternate would beryllium Marcel Sabitzer, presently connected indebtedness from Bayern Munich. Ten Hag needs to cognize if helium could for illustration motion England skipper Harry Kane oregon Napoli's Victor Osimhen, positive an elite midfielder, oregon if helium indispensable acceptable his sights lower.

What is the feeling among Man Utd instrumentality groups?

There is nary statement astir who should bargain the club. Some privation Sheikh Jassim, others privation Ineos, others would similar the nine to tally itself done the gross it generates. What they look to beryllium agreed successful is simply a request for the Glazers to leave.

Former United skipper Gary Neville said this week connected societal media the Glazers were "making it up arsenic they spell along" and request to get retired "by the extremity of May". Many fans would reason adjacent that would beryllium excessively long.

United missed retired connected hosting Euro 2028 games due to the fact that it could not warrant Old Trafford would beryllium ready. That successful itself is due to the fact that of the prevarication astir improving the stadium, which is apt to outgo £1bn.

What is the adjacent signifier successful the process?

The shot remains successful the Glazers' court. The adjacent bids are believed to beryllium owed by the extremity of this month, past it is backmost to the Glazers to determine connected the adjacent steps.

All parties are acutely alert the household could determine not to sell. However, if they bash not bash truthful now, erstwhile could they?

If Sheikh Jassim successful peculiar does not implicit a deal, could different Qatari effort to bargain into a antithetic Premier League nine beryllium successful? That successful crook would marque it adjacent harder for United to vie for trophies - and outgo the Glazer household adjacent more.

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