Manchester United 'chinese Takeaway' [sic]

[LancasterBFC]

today's News of the World (for the uninitiated, it's a particularly high-brow British newspaper ] is tipping a group of Far Eastern businessmen to buy Manchester United

Read all about it

Now obviously it's probably cobblers, given the source and the fact that the newspaper seems to think Bangkok is in China, but any thoughts on who it could be? Maybe Sondhi's planning to change the redshirts into yellow shirts....

[mrbojangles]

Well we've seen what a mess a consortium of 2 are doing at Liverpool. Let's hope a consortium of 6, squabble so much, that they crumble and Rochdale pass them on their way up the tables

[bkkjames]

An update from another highly reliable source - Daily Star.

MANCHESTER UNITED last night posted the “Not for Sale” sign at Old Trafford.

The American Glazer family, who own the Premier League champions, dismissed reports of a £1BILLION bid from a Bangkok-based Chinese consortium.

A spokesman for the Glazers said: “The club is not for sale. Simple as that.”

Rumours have spread that United are struggling to repay the £60m-a-year interest on their £700m debt.

Manager Sir Alex Ferguson last week publicly denied suggestions he has no money to spend in the transfer market.

And, with the world still gripped by the financial crisis, speculation is rife that the Glazers need to sell. But the spokesman who pointed out that United were recently valued at £1.5bn, added: “The same newspaper printed the same story about three years ago.

“The situation is now as it was then: The club is not for sale.”

The report claims six Chinese billionaires have spent three months on the proposed deal and that they would be ready to take a part-share should the Glazers not want to give up control.

[Mossfinn]

the fact that the newspaper seems to think Bangkok is in China

It doesn't say that

[mrbojangles]

the fact that the newspaper seems to think Bangkok is in China

It doesn't say that

Your'e right Moss, it didn't. It just said they were "based"