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Big news about Manchester United is expected in the coming hours. Instead of announcing the English company, it is actually the Qatari fund, headed by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani, which on Wednesday formulated its fifth and final offer to buy 100% of the shares of the "Devils of Red".
According to British media reports, the move by the president of Qatar Islamic Bank, one of the country's most important banks, aims to change the fortunes of the deal, which gives the other main buyer, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, a clear advantage.
The difference between the two offers is based on a control issue. In effect, the sheikh would take all the shares, while the Ineos founder would leave some shares to the six members of the Glejzer family, the current owners, who do not want to completely break away from the club bought in 2003.
The fifth offer from the sheikh, which has already been presented to Glejzer and the Raine Group, advisers on the deal, would be higher than the £5bn (€5.8bn at current exchange rates) presented in recent months. On the other hand, the guaranteed fund of 1 billion lek for the improvements that will be made in the entire infrastructure of the club should not be removed or adjusted. Shehu expects an answer by Friday. If this fails or is rejected by the Glejzers, the Qatari fund would withdraw from the negotiations.
The wait-and-see strategy of Junajtid's owning family has caused many other bidders to withdraw from the negotiations, opened by a declaration of desire to sell their shares of the same owners last November.
Retklajf allegedly fended off competition from Qatar with an offer that allows the two Glejzer family members on the board, Joel and Avram, to keep their seats with their respective shares. In recent weeks there would have been rumors that the other four brothers would also like not to leave Manchester United for good.
An article in "The Athletic" links the bid for the purchase of the Manchester United corporation presented by Sheikh Jassim Al Tani with a mediation work carried out by Nasser Al Khelaifi, president of PSG.
The latter had met with the Glazer family, owners of the "Red Devils", to discuss the final agreement. However, there are some Premier League companies who want an investigation by the English top division to understand the origin of the funds behind the sheikh's proposal.
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