Manchester United owners the Glazers could be looking for "other investments" with the club potentially having "reached the peak", according to a football finance expert.
The Glazers last week sold 9.5million shares belonging to directors Kevin and Edward Glazer, roughly eight per cent of the family's holding, at a reported value of £137.1m.
Following the sale, the Glazers still own 69pc of the club. The sale came weeks after Cristiano Ronaldo's return to the club, which prompted a £1.65-per-share rise on the New York Stock Exchange, which totalled a £16m rise in value for the sold shares by the two directors.
Kieran Maguire, a football finance lecturer at Liverpool University, believes the sale of stock could leave the Glazers looking at
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