False claims and desperation - Manchester United takeover process has turned into a nightmare
Rio Ferdinand said in mid-June that it might only be a 'matter of hours' before Manchester United were sold by the Glazers. Ferdinand confidently described a takeover from Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al Thani of Qatar as imminent and claimed that his information from 'a good source' was true, but four months later and the Glazer family remains in total control of the club.


