If speculation is to be believed, it seems as though Sheikh Jassim may have have gained an advantage over Sir Jim Ratcliffe in the Manchester United takeover race.
Reports suggest the Qatari camp are getting the sense that they are frontrunners in the process, and that even if they fail to win, a no-sale is likelier than a Ratcliffe takeover.
Those claims riff of rumours that minority shareholders have told the Glazers that INEOS' bid is not acceptable given the lack of attention it gives them.
There are suggestions that Ratcliffe may have to alter his bid to save his pursuit. This comes after reports that he is proposing to keep Avram and Joel Glazer on as minority stakeholders themselves.
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