Something is stirring in the hearts of Manchester United fans. At the end of 2022 the Glazers, owners of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Manchester United since 2005, revealed their intention to sell 69% of the club’s shares. That part is more attractive to a section of Manchester United fans, who in recent years have seen neighboring Manchester City, once barely even rivals, overtake them as the city’s and country’s top team thanks to investment from Abu Dhabi. In other words, it is foolish to think that they would let their bid for Manchester United float unaccompanied on the tides of British public opinion. “We want a Manchester United anchored in its proud history and its roots in the northwest of England, for Manchester United to be Manchester again,” the businessman said in an interview in The Times.

Source: Forbes May 18, 2023 04:50 UTC