Former Manchester United coach Rene Meulensteen slams Glazers amid ongoing takeover frustrations

Former Manchester United first-team coach Rene Meulensteen wants the Glazer family to end their association with the club, criticising their connection with the club's supporters.

The Glazers issued a statement last November, just three days into the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, confirming that they had put the club up for sale. They have since received a collection of offers for the club, both for a full sale and to give up a majority stake.

Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, who wants full control of the club, and British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who wants a majority stake, have established themselves as the frontrunners to secure the keys to Old Trafford. However, the whole process has hit the buffers in recent weeks, with updates on the situation proving non-existent.

Sheikh Jassim lodged a fifth and improved bid in early-June and the situation has not developed since. United supporters are desperate for a change of ownership to come to fruition sooner rather than later.

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Amid the mounting frustrations surrounding the club, Meulensteen, who worked at Old Trafford for more than a decade, serving alongside Sir Alex Ferguson, has questioned the Glazers' vision for the club.

"If you look at it over the years that they've been there since they came in, and obviously I was there at the time, we never really had any wheelings or dealings with them," Meulensteen told talkSPORT. "We were sort of in the background because Sir Alex was in control, together with David Gill, where they managed it perfectly well.

"It had no effect