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  • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
    Billionaire Ratcliffe plans to offer more than £5bn for Manchester United

    Entrepreneur is competing against Qatari businessman Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani for Premier League football club

  • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
    LexLex is more
    How much is Manchester United really worth?

    The club has been put up for sale with a reported target price of $6bn-$7bn. The FT’s calculations suggest the club is worth around $1.6bn

  • Saturday, 25 February, 2023
    Manchester United bidders urged to increase offers to woo Glazers

    Qatari Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani and British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe have both gone public with bids

  • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
    News in-depthFootball
    Early bidders pitch competing visions for Manchester United

    Jim Ratcliffe and son of former Qatari PM are pursuing one of the world’s most valuable sporting teams

  • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
    Football
    Son of former Qatari PM bids to buy Manchester United from Glazers

    Sir Jim Ratcliffe makes rival offer for Premier League club

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    Football
    Ratcliffe enters race to buy Manchester United

    Glazer family is trying to sell club that has enterprise value of $4.5bn

  • Saturday, 26 November, 2022
    Scoreboard
    How Beckham and Manchester United tell an investor story Premium content

    Plus, World Cup sponsors get ambushed in Qatar, Silver Lake ramps up stake in Manchester City owner, Dubai versus Doha, and more

  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
    News in-depth
    Could Manchester United really be worth £7bn?

    Valuation met with scepticism despite club’s vast global fan base

  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
    News in-depthFIFA World Cup
    World Cup briefing: Unemployed Ronaldo makes history

    Plus, the favourites’ standings after round one, Qatar’s last chance

  • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
    David Beckham ‘open to talks’ about Manchester United sale

    Prospective buyers could seek to enlist former Old Trafford star to boost chances of taking over club

  • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
    Lex
    Manchester United: owners sense a seller’s market approaching Premium content

    Sale of Premiership rivals Chelsea for £2.5bn in May has set a valuation marker

  • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
    Football
    Glazers weigh up Manchester United sale

    US owners confirm looking for outside investors or potential disposal after 17 contentious years

  • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
    Ronaldo leaves Manchester United in wake of Piers Morgan interview

    Portugal star to depart immediately after explosive end to unhappy second spell at club

  • Monday, 22 August, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    Droughts grip large parts of the globe

    Apple employees push back against company plan to return to the office

  • Saturday, 20 August, 2022
    Scoreboard
    Manchester United’s descent revives ownership question Premium content

    Plus, the Tokyo Olympics corruption probe, Disney’s sports empire, and much more

  • Wednesday, 17 August, 2022
    Jim Ratcliffe declares interest in buying Manchester United

    UK billionaire emerges as potential buyer of struggling football giant if Glazer family want to sell

  • Friday, 25 February, 2022
    Champions League
    Uefa seeks end to Gazprom deal after stripping Russia of Champions League final

    Formula 1 cancels Russia grand prix as repercussions of invasion ripple through sporting world

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    Football
    Manchester City’s revenues overtake United for first time

    Premier League champion’s rival hampered by loss of match day income

  • Thursday, 6 January, 2022
    Manchester United appoints Richard Arnold as new chief

    Outgoing vice-chair Ed Woodward has presided over club’s longest streak without Premier League title

  • Sunday, 21 November, 2021
    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fired as Manchester United boss

    Latest run of defeats has left club facing struggle to qualify for European competition

  • Friday, 17 September, 2021
    Pandemic brings widening losses at Manchester United

    Crisis hits ticket sales and lucrative pre-season tours but the football club is spending big on new players

  • Saturday, 11 September, 2021
    Scoreboard
    Tackling (financial) myths on Ronaldo’s move to Manchester United Premium content

    This week in the business of sport: World 12s reimagines rugby, India-England Test match cancelled, Raducanu’s rise, and more

  • Friday, 10 September, 2021
    ‘Swallowing a whale’: the net effect of Ronaldo’s return to Manchester United

    Can the club recover the cost of bringing Portuguese star back to Old Trafford?

  • Friday, 27 August, 2021
    Football
    Cristiano Ronaldo set for Manchester United return

    Premier League club agrees deal to re-sign former player from Juventus

  • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
    Football
    Premier League six to pay £22m over breakaway Super League

    English clubs make ‘goodwill gesture’ and agree to rule changes

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