Richard Keys has slammed the Glazer family for turning Sheikh Jassim’s potential takeover of Manchester United into ‘a farce’ and suggested the club could have been better off under Qatari ownership.
The former Sky Sports pundit accused the Glazers of repeatedly shifting the terms of a deal with Sheikh Jassim, ultimately derailing the takeover, and questioned their decision to proceed with Sir Jim Ratcliffe instead.
Keys’ bombshell claims emerged just over 24 hours after sporting director Dan Ashworth’s surprise departure from Old Trafford, following just five months in the role.
Writing in his latest blog post, Keys also criticised Ratcliffe’s approach to managing the club, suggesting that the current leadership could lead to further instability:
“I’ve said this for a year – ever since Sunny Jim rolled into town and was, for reasons unknown to me, greeted like a hero – the deal was a mess, Sunny Jim was the wrong man and what’s happening at OT now is a shambles. How many weeks ago did I post a video exposing what he’s done at two other clubs in the INEOS stable – Lausanne and Nice?
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