devilish
Juventus fan who used to support United
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A) They have bought their shares it just needs to be signed off by the Prem.
B) It was widely reported that INEOS require sign off of any January signings
So I would hazard a guess that this is true
A- As they say its only done when everything is done Joel Glazer is probably the most undecisive football club owner in history. Would he be keen to push for works to be done if the deal is not officially ratified?
B- Reports widely claim that an assessment will be made first. Surely that will be done with heavy involvement of football people that INEOS can trust. Mitchell hasn't started work and the other candidates (Ashworth, Freedman etc) are still with other clubs.
So as said it could be one of three options
1- this is media BS
2- this is simply PR (Glazers getting fans excited for the summer to cover up to an underwhelming January sales, our present football staff are trying to impress the public by coming out with decent targets etc)
3- someone (Mitchell?) had told the United top brass to have a close look to certain targets and they went on leaking the information to the media instead.