GARY NEVILLE has been left raging at reports that an American financial group could be set to make a major investment in Manchester United.
Carlyle, a US based private equity firm, is reportedly pitching to take a minority stake in the club.
United legend Neville, who has been vocal about the Glazers, was not happy with the news and vented his frustration on Twitter alongside a picture of the firm’s mission statement.
He said: “No thank you! This doesn’t work for United! The Glazer PR machine keeps leaking this type of minority partnership out there bi-weekly whilst stressing it’s a confidential process. Full Sale Only.”
The Glazer family announced a third round of bidding this week with new offers to be submitted by the end of the month which prompted Finnish businessman Thomas Zilliacus to announce he would not be doing so.
That left British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani as the remaining publicly interested parties understood to be willing to bid again.
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The pair are both determined to take full control at Old Trafford.
But so far the highest offers, from Ratcliffe and Sheikh Jassim Bin Al have only reached around £5bn – short of the Glazers’ valuation of £6bn.
There were chaotic scenes last month when the deadline for bids was extended by 48 hours.
It was a move that saw Ratcliffe and Sheikh Jassim withdraw their offers before resubmitting them.
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Sky News have reported that Carlyle have been in ‘serious’ talks over an investment in the Red Devils for quite some time but the investment firm refused to comment on these reports.
Carlyle are a global investment firm who have their headquarters in Washington DC and have owned British companies in the past including the RAC and Addison Lee.
The Glazers paid £790million for Manchester United back in 2005.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
