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4th October 2022
06:11pm BST

"Football, of course, is one of the most important sports there is," Al-Rumayyan is quoted as saying (via The Daily Mail).
"It's the No 1 sport in the world. And why the Premier League? Because it's the best league in the world. No other league competes with it.
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"There are 20 teams, three are relegated and three are promoted. The advantage of the Premier League is that any of the 20 teams can beat the best team in the league.
"When we looked at it, we looked at it from a financial perspective. By the way, it wasn't the first offer we got regarding a football team. We looked in Italy, France and the UK as well.
"For example, in the UK there was a team that approached us on the basis that we take 30 per cent of the ownership, and we don't interfere at all in terms of managing the club, for £700m." The Glazer family have been hugely unpopular owners since taking over at Old Trafford in 2005. Since then, United's dominance of English football has faded, with cross-town rivals Manchester City, funded by Abu Dhabi riches, winning five league titles of their own. The sense that the Glazers may be open to selling the club has again made headlines, with British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe said to be interested in making an offer for his boyhood club. Related links:Explore more on these topics: