Manchester United news: Saudi Arabia denies the tender report of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman takeover of the club

The intention of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to buy Manchester United in the past few days, but Saudi Information Minister Turki Al Shabanah denied the rumors, Sunday, and considered them to be untrue, what are the details of this The case?

The British newspaper "The Sun " sparked a major controversy around the world, after publishing a report on the intention of the Crown prince to buy Manchester United for 3.8 billion pounds of American owners.

According to some analysts, this report may be true, after similar reports were published a few months ago, and others believed that the experience of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who invested in Manchester City club, might encourage Prince Mohammed to take this step.

On social media sites, many activists and singers welcomed the news and considered that investing in large grass-roots clubs always benefited the owner, while others asked the crown prince to buy the Arsenal club instead of Manchester United.

After all these developments, the Kingdom's official response to this news finally came out, as the Saudi information minister denied her full validity, in a tweet posted on his official Twitter page, while he was with the Crown Prince of Pakistan.

Al Shabanah said in his Tweet:  "The news alleging the desire of His Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the acquisition of the club Manchester United news is completely untrue. The fact of the matter is that the club held a meeting with the Public Investment Fund to discuss an advertising sponsorship project, and the Fund listened to the proposals as any investment entity and did not produce any result. "

Reports claiming that HRH the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman intends on buying @ManUtd are completely false. Manchester United held a meeting with @PIFSaudi to discuss sponsorship opportunity . No deal has been materialized.

— تركي الشبانه (@TurkiAlshabanah) February 17, 2019

Manchester United had announced that its income had reached 208.6 million in the second quarter of 2018, and the earnings before the tax amounted to 104.3 million pounds sterling.


Source: CNN