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      <title>Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim submits final bid for Manchester United</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, the son of Qatar’s former prime minister, submitted his final bid for the entirety of Manchester United just before Friday’s deadline, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In addition to offering a figure to buy the English Premier League soccer club, Sheikh Jassim’s proposal also includes a plan for a further significant amount of additional capital and infrastructure investment, the source told Reuters, requesting anonymity because the matter is confidential.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The source added that the bid is for 100% of the club and would remove all debt.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Manchester United and Raine Group, the investment bank running the bidding process, did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No financial details of the final bid have been officially revealed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sheikh Jassim’s offer falls short of the 6 billion pounds ($7.54 billion) asking price set by current owners, the Glazer family, The Guardian reported earlier in the day adding that the bid was understood to be worth around 5 billion pounds.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Manchester United’s American owners launched a formal sale process late last year and have received several bids, including from British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, founder of chemicals producer INEOS, and Finnish businessman Thomas Zilliacus.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sky Sports News reported that Ratcliffe’s bid for a majority stake in Manchester United has also been submitted.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;INEOS did not respond to a request for comment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Any sale of Manchester United would likely exceed the biggest sports deal so far, the $5.2 billion including debt and investments paid for Chelsea, sources told Reuters previously.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;United are the fourth richest soccer club in the world, according to analysis by Deloitte. They are widely seen as one of the most prized assets in all of sport.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A small portion of the club’s shares is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company’s market value was about $3.4 billion, as of Thursday’s close.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In March, Reuters reported that Sheikh Jassim had submitted a second bid to buy the club.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, the son of Qatar’s former prime minister, submitted his final bid for the entirety of Manchester United just before Friday’s deadline, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.</strong></p>
<p>In addition to offering a figure to buy the English Premier League soccer club, Sheikh Jassim’s proposal also includes a plan for a further significant amount of additional capital and infrastructure investment, the source told Reuters, requesting anonymity because the matter is confidential.</p>
<p>The source added that the bid is for 100% of the club and would remove all debt.</p>
<p>Manchester United and Raine Group, the investment bank running the bidding process, did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.</p>
<p>No financial details of the final bid have been officially revealed.</p>
<p>Sheikh Jassim’s offer falls short of the 6 billion pounds ($7.54 billion) asking price set by current owners, the Glazer family, The Guardian reported earlier in the day adding that the bid was understood to be worth around 5 billion pounds.</p>
<p>Manchester United’s American owners launched a formal sale process late last year and have received several bids, including from British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, founder of chemicals producer INEOS, and Finnish businessman Thomas Zilliacus.</p>
<p>Sky Sports News reported that Ratcliffe’s bid for a majority stake in Manchester United has also been submitted.</p>
<p>INEOS did not respond to a request for comment.</p>
<p>Any sale of Manchester United would likely exceed the biggest sports deal so far, the $5.2 billion including debt and investments paid for Chelsea, sources told Reuters previously.</p>
<p>United are the fourth richest soccer club in the world, according to analysis by Deloitte. They are widely seen as one of the most prized assets in all of sport.</p>
<p>A small portion of the club’s shares is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company’s market value was about $3.4 billion, as of Thursday’s close.</p>
<p>In March, Reuters reported that Sheikh Jassim had submitted a second bid to buy the club.</p>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2023 09:21:39 +0500</pubDate>
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