Shares purchase shows United going green

BOOTS may be flying in the Manchester United dressing room but the club’s shares are moving even quicker and starting to turn green.

Unfazed by Beckham’s grazed eyebrow, Dublin business tycoon Dermot Desmond has snapped up a 2.5% stake in United and triggered talk of an Irish takeover.

The world’s biggest club is now in the grip of a green wave with the Coolmore duo of JP McManus and John Magnier already owning 8.6% of United.