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MARTIN SAMUEL: Come on down, billionaires. Now we get to see if talk from Manchester United's suitors is hot air or cold reality… PLUS, why Lionel Messi needs to be more like Gareth Bale

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Over to you, Jim. Ratcliffe, O'Neill, there is always a Jim where Manchester United are concerned. Through the years there have been a whole lot of Jims who have claimed they can fix it for the club and now they have got their chance.

At last, the Glazers want to sell. Like their compatriots at Liverpool, the body blow that was the collapse of the Super League was too much and they are getting out.

A figure in excess of £5billion is quoted, maybe as much as £9bn, but there is a price and it will be revealed — no doubt privately — to any serious bidder.