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Monday briefing: Manchester United takeover: £4 billion-plus offers expected over coming days

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6 February 2023 - 4:30 AM

Formal takeover bids for Manchester United are due to be submitted in the next week or so, the Mail on Sunday reports.

The sale is expected to attract initial offers of at least £4 billion and is said to have brought considerable interest from potential buyers in the US, the Middle East and Asia.

However, the early front-runner in the race to buy United is British billionaire and boyhood fan Jim Ratcliffe, owner of the Ineos chemicals conglomerate, after he confirmed his i

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