Glazer moves to quash press speculation

THE on/off takeover of Manchester United took another twist yesterday following a statement from American business tycoon Malcolm Glazer.

Mr Glazer has been linked with a renewed bid for the club with the weekend press quoting sources close to Glazer saying that the American had said a bid was close.

But in a statement to the London Stock Exchange, Mr Glazer said: “The Glazer family wishes to record that no statement made in the UK press in recent days, attributed to any member of the family or person associated with the family, was authorised.”