Glazers set to stay as Manchester United owners to double club value

The Glazer family are now ready to keep Manchester United, rather than sell the Premier League club, in an attempt to double the value.

Whilst there has been plenty of periods of success under the Americans, as well as money spent on transfers, it has largely happened in spite of them, not because of.

The billionaires have also repeatedly taken money out of the club, rather than pumping it in, whilst transfer funds have come from what the side generates, so their ownership is essentially irrelevant to the money spent.

Rival fans have chosen not to understand why there is problems but fans of the club were excited at the prospect of seeing new men through the door.

Now though, according to ESPN, brothers Joel and Avram Glazer prefer new investment, that would still allow them to remain owners of the club.

They believe that, rather than take the reported £5 billion on offer from Sheikh Jassim and Sir Jim Ratcliffe, they could make the club worth £10 billion in the coming years.

One thought from the report is that the owners believe the club will be worth with 'the required investment' both on and off the pitch.

United fans will find huge irony in that, considering what's been happening off the pitch in recent years, and the facilities at both Old Trafford and their Carrington training ground not being improved.