Red Knights set to drop United buy-out plan
Wealthy Manchester United fans are understood to have shelved plans to buy the club after they decided the price was too high.
The consortium of businessmen, dubbed the Red Knights, had been expected to table a formal bid of up to £1.2bn for the club before the start of the World Cup in June.
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