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Meet Michael Knighton: How £10m takeover of Man Utd crumbled after Old Trafford stunt

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Manchester United were once close to being taken over by a flamboyant property man with a £150million plan before he was pushed away from a deal by the club's hierarchy.Michael Knighton, at the time 37, tried to buy the Red Devils in the late 1980s with the dream of turning the club into a huge enterprise.He announced the £10million takeover on August 18 1989, one day prior to appearing in front of the Old Trafford faithful before a match against Arsenal in a full United training kit.BBC Sport report it was from then, after he juggled the ball and fired into an empty net, that powerful figures at the club decided to prevent the takeover from taking place.Among those was a senior Old Trafford figure who called the pre-match entertainment.

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