By Nick Harris 2 June 2010 The Red Knights group of super-rich Manchester United fans who want to take control of the club from the Glazer family have released a statement this morning confirming their ongoing interest, as sportingintelligence reported first yesterday that they would do. In a less than spectacular endorsement of the early […]

By Nick Harris 1 June 2010 The Red Knights group of super-rich Manchester United fans who want buy the club from the Glazer family will react to reports that their plans are “in tatters” or “on ice” by releasing a statement to confirm they still intend to make an offer for the club. Sportingintelligence has […]

By Nick Harris 20 May 2010 The Manchester United Supporters Trust has responded to claims that the Red Knights’ attempt to buy the club is ‘doomed to failure’ by saying the super-rich fans’ plan is “progressing very positively”. Media reports this morning said there is disaffection within the Knights group – led by Goldman Sachs’ […]

By Nick Harris 10 May 2010 The Red Knights still intend to table a formal first bid for Manchester United before the World Cup begins on 11 June despite a downbeat statement today from the super-rich fans’ group, sportingintelligence can reveal. That initial bid is likely to be worth £1bn, although it will require only […]

By Nick Harris 8 May 2010 The Manchester United Supporters Trust has entered a pivotal phase in its campaign to oust the clubs’ owners, the Glazer family, by asking fans for cash to bankroll MUST’s work. An initial £5 donation has been suggested to each of the 156,000-plus people who have signed up to join […]

By Nick Harris 26 March 2010 The Red Knights group that has ambitions to buy Manchester United from the Glazer family has this morning issued a statement saying it does not expect to finalise its proposal for any bid for the club this season. The aim of group, led by the United fan and Goldman […]

By Nick Harris 18 March 2010 . Joel Glazer’s sitting at his desk in Tampa, fiddling with the green n’ gold scarf wrapped around his neck, and tossing ideas around. “Hey Michelle,” he shouts to his secretary. “Can you find me a supplier for these mufflers? We gotta get some for the OT megastore. We […]

11 March 2010 The so-called “Red Knights” group that hopes to raise £1bn-plus to buy Manchester United from the Glazer family released the following statement via their City PR firm today: “The Red Knights are pleased to confirm that Nomura, the global investment bank, has agreed to advise on a possible acquisition of Manchester United.  […]

By Nick Harris EXCLUSIVE 2 March 2010 Key details of a fledgling plan by a group of super-rich “Red Knights” to buy Manchester United can be revealed today by sportingintelligence, which has also been told by a source at the heart of the scheme: “This is the very early stages of something. There won’t be […]

By Nick Harris 17 January 2011 Blackburn Rovers became the first Premier League club to be owned by an Indian company when Venky’s, part of the poultry conglomerate the VH Group, finalised their takeover in November. The Rao family – brothers Venkatesh and Balaji, and their sister Anuradha Desai – have been accused of knowing […]