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How's a British billionaire made the right play to net a stake?

Manchester United.

Hello, and you're listening to the Marketplace Morning Report

live from the BBC World Service.

I'm Liana Byrne, a very good morning to you.

Okay, let's talk about the sale of one of the sport's biggest brands.

The board of the British Soccer Club Manchester United is meeting later on

to consider a bid from the billionaire Sir Jim Rackliff

to buy a 25% stake.

It would also mean that the club's current owners, the New York-based Glaser family,

can hold on to their majority stake.

The BBC's Ollie Darbert Hanson told me the latest details in this long-running saga.

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