Posts tagged: Manchester United
Monday, 20 February 2023, 9:43 am
Hat tip to Jamie "Nimmers" Nimmo of The Sunday Times.
Yesterday, the intrepid hack dug out a corking line about Elliott's interest in providing the financing to bidders interested in purchasing Manchester United.
According to the original piece by Nimmers, activist hedge fund Elliott would be interested in lending to any potential Manchester United purchaser and also taking a minority stake in the Premier League football club. Below is a link to Nimmers's scoop:..
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Friday, 17 February 2023, 10:36 pm
There has been a flurry of stories about the Manchester United sale process over the last 24 hours, so little old Betaville thought it wise to update the runners and riders list.
Indeed, sports hacks at The Daily Telegraph - my former employer - this morning revealed that the "Saudi Arabians" are looking at putting together an offer for Manchester United...
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Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 10:58 am
Little old Betaville is officially updating the Manchester United of the Daily Mail runners and riders list after sports hack Mike Keegan went big with is line about the Qataris weighing a takeover offer for the football club. Below is a link to Keegan's "scoop", which also contains a video clip with him talking about it...
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Monday, 9 January 2023, 7:28 pm
Bloomberg has just reported the Qataris have held talks about buying Tottenham Hotspur FC, the Premier League football club.
According to the Bloomie report, Nasser Al-Khelafi - the chairman of Qatar Sports Investments - "recently held conversations" with Daniel Levy, the boss of Tottenham Hotspur, about the purchase of a stake in the north London club...
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Thursday, 15 December 2022, 10:38 pm
It's pretty unusual to see a controlling shareholder talk on the record about a strategic review process of a listed company but that's what happened yesterday evening when The Athletic snagged an interview with Avram Glazer, one of the main shareholders in Manchester United, at the World Cup in Qatar...
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Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 9:19 am
Amazon is latest US technology giant to have been touted as a bidder for Manchester United, the US-listed Premier League footbal club.
Well, that's according to football focused The Athletic, which is now owned by the New York Times. So, below is an updated list of runners and riders rumoured to be participating in the Manchester United auction:
1. Amancio Ortega, founder and chairman of Inditex, owner of Zara...
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Friday, 25 November 2022, 10:00 am
Now the Manchester Evening News come up with its own Manchester United takeover tale.
The billionaire Amancio Ortega is interested in buying Manchester United, according to the Manchester Evening News.
In case you don't know, Ortega controls the Zara fashion empire. Below is the link the piece by the Manchester Evening News:..
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Thursday, 24 November 2022, 8:12 pm
Speculation about who might be interested in buying Manchester United (and Liverpool Football Club) is arriving thick and fast.
So Betaville will keep attempt running a list of rumoured runner and riders as I know many of this website's readers are not just investors but also football fans (and possible supporters of these two clubs)...
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Wednesday, 23 November 2022, 8:05 am
I'm not sure I can remember a time when the owners of two top flight English premier league football clubs have simultaneously hoisted the 'for sale' sign over their respective businesses...
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Betaville IntelligenceFriday, 23 November 2018, 10:29 pm
The Irish punters that invested in care home giant Barchester Healthcare could be about make another from the fortune from the care home company.
Betaville understands that several large American companies, including listed real estate investment trust Welltower Inc, have shown an interest in the business, whose owners have appointed JP Morgan to find a buyer...
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