Man Utd takeover candidate Zilliacus ‘ different golf equipment’ as Glazers delay

Manchester United takeover hopeful Thomas Zilliacus admits that he’s contemplating alternatives to spend money on different soccer golf equipment as a substitute. The Finnish entrepreneur insists that he’s as critical as Sir Jim Ratcliffe or Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, however the Glazers’ painstaking choice course of has seemingly not gone down nicely.

Zilliacus emerged as a takeover candidate again in March, spearheading a bunch of buyers who needed to win United followers over with a singular proposal. Eventually, the 69-year-old needed supporters to personal just below half of the membership, and a give attention to interactivity would give them a say on key points.

While Sheikh Jassim and Sir Jim look like the 2 front-runners at current, Zilliacus insists that he’s simply as critical as they’re. The Finn just isn’t finest happy with how the takeover has been performed on the Glazers’ finish, nonetheless, telling Tribal Football: “I think the normal thing would be for the seller to invite each one of the bidders to negotiations and you would discuss and you would come to a conclusion.

“Instead, we at the moment are having these nameless bidding rounds over and over to a degree the place, so far as I do know, not one of the bidders actually know what’s going on.”

Now, Zilliacus claims that although his team’s bid remains on the table, they are now considering other investment opportunities in globally-recognised clubs. “One of the great issues concerning the publicity across the bid for Manchester United is that I feel membership house owners all around the world now know we’re fascinated with investing in soccer,” he added.

“I’ve been contacted by a lot of golf equipment. My focus is on golf equipment with an enormous world fan base, which implies I’ve mentioned no to most of these.

And some United followers worry that the Glazers may flip their again on a full-scale takeover altogether as reports counsel a rising feeling behind the scenes that the American billionaire household would favor to stay in management.

For that purpose, proposals involving a minority stake are nonetheless believed to be within the operating whereas Zilliacus, Sheikh Jassim and Sir Jim await the Glazers’ ultimate resolution on who will get most well-liked bidder standing.