Saudi Crown Prince is not
seeking to buy English Premier League (EPL) clubside Manchester United, the
kingdom’s media minister said on Monday.
While denying reports to
that effect, the minister, Turki al-Shabanah, added that there had only been a
meeting with the Saudi wealth fund regarding sponsorship.
Reports that Mohammed Bin
Salman intends to buy the club are “completely false”, Shabanah, wrote on
social network Twitter.
He was reacting to reports
that the crown prince had sought to tempt the Glazer family to cede control of
the club.
“Manchester United held a
meeting with PIF Saudi to discuss (a) sponsorship opportunity,” Shabanah said,
adding that no deal materialised.
On Sunday, the British
newspaper, the Sun, said the crown prince was in a £3.8-billion ($4.9-billion)
take-over bid for one of football’s most popular clubs.
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