Jim v Jassim: The battle for Manchester United
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Earlier this month, we found out the British billionaire entrepreneur Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Qatari Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani had officially submitted bids for the Premier League club.
On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockwood takes a closer look at the two men vying to get their hands on Man Utd with our sports correspondent Rob Harris. Plus, we look at the power of money in football and its importance in the sport and for local communities with Keith Harris - a former chairman of the Football League, football financier and Man Utd fan.
Annie Joyce – senior podcast producer
Alex Edden – interviews producer
Jada-Kai Meosa John and Charlie Bell – junior producers
Simon Windsor – archive researcher
Philly Beaumont – editor
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| 1:01.6 | I think the first thing to say is there will be a huge sigh of relief at the departure of the glazers. |
| 1:08.2 | This is Keith Harris, former chairman of the Football League, Football Financia, |
| 1:13.0 | and perhaps most crucially for this podcast, he's a Manchester United fan. |
| 1:18.0 | Keith has joined me in our studio with Bits now in for the sale of the club. |
| 1:22.6 | Naturally, the idea of a local earning Manchester United is great. |
| 1:28.8 | But fans are divided, though, aren't they? |
| 1:30.2 | But fans are divided. |
| 1:31.4 | And I think one of the reasons is that over the years, football has become, let's be clear, a business now. |
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