Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been warned that the Glazers are “using” him as a way to get Sheikh Jassim to pay the next value for Manchester United amid their ongoing takeover course of. The present homeowners are but to call a most popular bidder after a 3rd spherical of gives, whereas the Qatari-backed bid later made a fourth improved try to gazump the INEOS chief who had reportedly moved forward of Jassim.

The Glazers reportedly have maintained that their asking value for the membership is £6billion, £1bn for every of the household siblings, however to this point neither Jassim nor Ratcliffe have met that valuation. Despite preliminary stories suggesting that the Brit was forward of Jassim, no affirmation has been made that he's the popular choice of the Glazers.

Former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore has warned Ratcliffe that the Glazers are “using” him as a way to get a greater supply out of Jassim, as he absolutely expects the membership to be offered to Qatar.

“Man United will be expecting to make some big-name signings but there is huge uncertainty surrounding who the club’s next owners will be,” Collymore wrote in his CaughtOffside column.

“In my opinion, although it’s turned into a bit of a circus, it’s quite straightforward – the Glazers know Sheikh Jassim can pay pretty much whatever he wants and Sir Jim Ratcliffe can’t, so they’re using Sir Jim as a way to force Jassim into upping his offer in order to get as much as they can before they sail off into the sunset, and hopefully are never heard of again.

“If Man United is sold, I am sure it’ll be to Qatari owners. The biggest problem could be the time in which it happens though. Ten Hag needs a resolution in place as soon as possible, because the longer this goes on, the longer its going to take his plans for next season to get into motion.”

The Athletic have claimed that Jassim is contemplating a fifth bid for United after immediately talking with the Glazers, versus the Raine Group, concerning his fourth supply to buy the membership.

The kind of suggestions given on their fourth supply will dictate whether or not a fifth bid is launched, as he's mentioned to not have given up on beating Ratcliffe.

Both events are actually awaiting additional response from the Glazers or the Raine Group over who will likely be named the popular bidder, whereas to this point Jassim has not met the present homeowners’ calls for regardless of Collymore’s perception that Ratcliffe is getting used as a way to leverage more cash out of the Qatari-backed bid.