Michael Knighton

Manchester United could soon be under new ownership if Michael Knighton is successful in his mission to buy the Red Devils - a potential issue for Arsenal, ...

According to Forbes, Kroenke has a net worth of £8.85billion, making him 195th richest person in the world. "Everyone knows that we need new ownership of this football club and that is my aim and those are my objectives. It is time for them to go." "We are now working on the offer document. Fresh investment and a desire to awaken the sleeping giant poses a great threat to respective owners Stan Kroenke, Todd Boehly and Joe Lewis. We have an inept and frankly useless ownership who know little about this game of football.

Michael Knighton recently revealed his desire to purchase Manchester United. During his previous spell as Carlisle owner, he moved to deny he had ever taken ...

"Everyone knows that we need new ownership of this football club and that is my aim and those are my objectives. I never took one coaching session or did one team-talk, ever.” Knighton revealed his ambitions to take over the Red Devils in a recent appearance with ‘Man Utd The Religion’. "I wanted to give those two young lads a chance,” Knighton said in an interview with the News and Star, the Cumberland News last October.

Michael Knighton has claimed that he is planning a "hostile takeover" of Manchester United, amid further fan protests against the Glazer family.

"And frankly, the fans worldwide have had enough of this regime. Remember, it is a hostile bid - that simply means that the club isn't officially for sale. Michael Knighton has claimed that he is planning a "hostile takeover" of Manchester United, amid further fan protests against the Glazer family.

ENGLISH businessman Michael Knighton was once heavily involved in Manchester United - and he could be in for a second bite of the cherry.The successfu.

And despite, Michael proving to United chief executive Martin Edwards that he had the funds to complete the takeover deal, Knighton abandoned his bid for a seat on the board. And Knighton went as far as to label Manchester United a 'club in crisis'. ENGLISH businessman Michael Knighton was once heavily involved in Manchester United - and he could be in for a second bite of the cherry.

Knighton is a name that will sound familiar to older United fans. The 70-year-old businessman tried to purchase the Red Devils in 1989 in a takeover deal worth ...

Whether or not Knighton can follow through on his desire to buy the club remains to be seen. Knighton continued in the sit-down interview, anticipating further protests and confirming his bid to buy the club: “They [the fans] will protest and quite rightly. The club is in crisis, and it will remain in crisis whilst we’ve got this current ownership. “My consortium is ready and waiting. That simply means the club isn’t officially for sale. “We are now working on the offer document.

There were protests against the Glazer family's ownership at Old Trafford last weekend.

“And frankly, the fans worldwide have had enough of this regime. But my intention is to present these owners with a legitimate, potent and commercial offer to say: ‘You have run out of road, it’s time go, because your time is up’. Everyone knows that we need new ownership of this football club and that is my aim and those are my objectives.

Michael Knighton has confirmed he is planning to submit a formal bid to buy Manchester United from the Glazer family.

Knighton and United fans therefore may be waiting a while for Ratcliffe to come forward with his own bid. Ratcliffe’s name may be familiar to United fans. But there are those who seriously doubt Knighton’s ability to be the club’s saviour.