The Glazer family hoped they would make a mint out of Manchester United, just as they have in the States with other sporting ventures.
NFL franchise Tampa Bay Buccaneers are also owned by Avram and Joel Glazer, who have been in charge of the Red Devils since the 2005 takeover of the club.
But if the family thought they were going to make as much money in England as they do in America, they were wrong. “They weren’t aggressive.
They weren’t in-your-face Americans," former sports minister Richard Caborn told the Athletic. "I got the impression they were looking for a synergy between what was happening in the US through sport, television, and commercial, and whether that could be applied to Manchester United. "The Premier League is big but
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