Three overseas billionaires are poised to launch £600 million bids to buy Manchester United, The Observer can reveal.
The trio, acting independently, have each sought expert City advice about how much the club would cost, whether the shareholders would sell and how they could gain control.
They are said to be 'around as rich if not richer' than Roman Abramovich, the Russian oil and airline magnate who bought Chelsea for £150m in July. None has yet been identified, but The Observer understands that one is a Russian oligarch, like Abramovich, another is a Middle Eastern billionaire and the third is European.
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