The Glazer family would be willing to sell Manchester United – for a massive price.
The Mirror says the Glazers want a staggering £4 billion to walk away from Manchester United.
That’s the price United’s American owners have slapped on the club which they bought in 2005 for £790 million.
And it’s the figure the Florida-based family believe would have been achieved if the doomed European Super League project would have gone ahead.
Throughout their unpopular 16-year ownership the Glazers have always insisted they are in United for the long haul and have shown no appetite to sell the club, instead taking yearly dividends amounting to millions while the debt stays high.
But city investors believe a bid close to their £4 billion asking price would tempt brothers Joel and Avram, who effectively run the club, to relinquish control.
The Glazers believe the astonishing price tag is justified because of United’s unique heritage and commercial pulling power that allows them to continually secure big money sponsorship deals.
The latest of those saw German-based technology company TeamViewer pay £235 million for a five-year shirt deal replacing Chevrolet from next season.
It’s huge deals like that which give United a global appeal with a world-wide fan base running into millions.