EU deals blow to Glazer TV hopes

MALCOLM GLAZER has been dealt a serious blow to his hopes of Manchester United securing its own TV deals after the European Commission said it would not support a legal challenge by the club’s new owner.

United and the other 19 Premier League clubs have a ‘joint selling’ agreement by which they negotiate collectively for the domestic and overseas’ rights to the competition.

US tycoon Glazer is thought to have his eyes on United breaking away from that agreement, possibly by challenging the ruling in the European courts under free market legislation.