Glazer-cleansing trumps sportswashing or greenwashing for many United fans

How much is enough?

It is a question for the Glazer family as they weigh up offers for Manchester United. It is also a question facing supporters as they decide which bid is best for their club.

Manchester billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, the owner of chemical giants Ineos and lifelong United supporter, is pitted against Qatari Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, chairman of Qatari Bank QIB.

He too is a supporter of the Red Devils, and comes with hefty financial clout.

Forbes magazine puts his net worth north of £1bn, but as part of Qatar's ruling royal family, it is claimed they have a collective net worth estimated to be around £275bn.

Before even dissecting what both bids would entail and just where any moral compass might be pointing, the starting point for the majority of United supporters is seeing the back of the Glazer family.

Their leveraged buyout of the club for £790m in 2005 was funded on borrowed money, and a significant number of Old Trafford goers feel the family have also been on borrowed time.

The stadium and facilities have slipped far behind the elite standard, the debt stands at £515m and a scattergun transfer policy has been the mockery of other clubs. By last summer, the Glazers had taken more than £1.1bn out of the club since taking over.

"Whatever about the incoming bids, people are just hopeful that the Glazers are actually going. They have been so toxic," says Mark O'Donoghue, secretary of the Tralee branch of Manchester United Supporters Club.

"If they do leave, which I'm not convinced they will do, leaving a debt of £500m is absolutely disgraceful."

It is thought the Glazers are looking for a record deal for the club, figures ranging anywhere from £6m, though the possibility remains that co-chairmen Joel and