Sir Jim Ratcliffe's partial takeover of Manchester United doesn't look set to go through until next week.
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00:00 In terms of Manchester United's takeover,
00:02 it doesn't really look like we're gonna have
00:04 any major news this week.
00:06 I'm recording this on Wednesday.
00:08 I'm hopeful that I'm not gonna have a busy
00:10 couple of hours ahead of me.
00:10 I'm pretty sure that nothing's gonna happen
00:12 now at this stage this week.
00:14 It's Thanksgiving in, obviously, America on Thursday,
00:17 therefore nothing's gonna happen then, or Friday.
00:19 So it looks like it can't happen at the weekend
00:22 due to kind of market regulation.
00:24 So it's gonna be one that's gonna roll into next week.
00:26 But I don't think there's any suggestion
00:27 that there's any more than just kind of
00:29 dotting the I's and crossing the T's at this stage.
00:31 No issue that Sir Jim Ratcliffe's 25% takeover
00:35 won't go through.
00:36 As I say, it is just a case of now
00:38 finishing the final details.
00:40 But I think for United fans, they'll certainly be wanting
00:43 to get this across the line because it is one
00:46 that's dragged on and on.
00:48 And the day I'm recording this is exactly a year
00:50 to the day since it was first announced
00:53 that United could be looking to potentially,
00:55 well, the Glazers could be looking to sell,
00:56 or I think it was strategic alternatives
00:59 was the phrase they used.
01:00 So it's dragged on and on,
01:01 but United fans will just wanna get this one sorted.
01:04 I mean, I have to say I'm quite surprised
01:05 that it has dragged on this long
01:07 when we were kind of the final game against Luton.
01:11 I think we all, I think I certainly thought then
01:13 that it was gonna be resolved
01:16 by the next time United were in action.
01:17 But that is the story of this kind of ongoing saga
01:21 that it just keeps dragging on and on for United.
01:24 But fans will certainly be hopeful
01:25 that in the next couple of weeks
01:26 we'll get a resolution on that one.