Eleven years ago on Wall Street, Joel Glazer rang the bell when Manchester United were listed on the Stock Exchange. It is for Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani whom the bell has tolled.
Speaking to a financier a few minutes walk away from the bronze Charging Bull in Manhattan in July, they confided that the Raine Group, overseeing the possible sale of United, felt they had been tasked with selling something unsellable.
The 'United, United, not for sale' chant has been adopted by the Glazers. READ MORE: Why Sheikh Jassim withdrew offer to buy United READ MORE: Ratcliffe has five things on his to-do list at United For some time now, it has seemed inevitable United would not be outright sold.
A high-ranking official at the club reminded us on the pre-season tour in Las Vegas that the statement announcing the strategic review last November did not explicitly state the final outcome would be a sale.
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