Saudi Arabia has denied reports that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was planning to buy Premier League giants Manchester United. – AFP file photo
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has denied reports that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was planning to buy Premier League giants Manchester United, reported Anadolu Agency, quoting Saudi Information Minister.
“Reports claiming that HRH the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman intends on buying Man Utd are completely false,” Information Minister Turki Al-Shabaneh said on Twitter.
He said the British club held a meeting with the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) to discuss sponsorship opportunity.
“No deal has been materialised,” he said.
British newspaper The Sun earlier claimed that bin Salman was negotiating to take over the club for £3.8 billion.
Manchester United is owned by the Glazer family who own Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida, and competing in the National Football League.
The PIF was set up in 1971 to support projects of strategic significance to the Saudi economy.
It is the world’s tenth-largest sovereign fund with US$360 billion, according to the latest figures of the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI). – Bernama