Manchester United's owners, the Glazer family, have shown interest in buying one of the two new IPL cricket teams.
Sources in India have told Sportsmail the Glazers have collected the tender document for the purchase of one of the franchises ahead of an auction next week.
Buying the invitation to tender (ITT) does not guarantee the American billionaires will submit a bid for an IPL team, valued at more than £300million.
But they are one of up to 18 parties to express an interest, alongside a number of Indian businesses and CVC Capital Partners, the private equity firm, who have previously invested in rugby’s Six Nations and Premiership.