Kaveh Solhekol has answered your latest questions on Manchester United, with Michael Carrick's future up in the air, the club in the relegation zone and more issues behind the scenes. Answering your questions live on Sky Sports News, the chief correspondent discussed a range of topics on the situation at Old Trafford. Read on for his answers in the latest Q&A...
Mikey asks: Will the board sell the club? Changing the manager will make no difference. How can United actually improve?
I don't think it's up to the board to sell the club. The Glazer family could decide to sell their stake in Manchester United, but somebody would have to offer them billions and billions of pounds or dollars for them to be tempted to sell. If they get an offer, they may think, we've had enough of all the grief that's associated with owning Manchester United.
Even though we've made a lot of money from it, now is the time to make even more money. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player I think if they were going to put Manchester United up for sale, they would do what they did last time around, four or five years ago, which is to instruct a merchant bank or an investment bank to sell the club. I think last time around, it was a Raine Group who were based in New York.
There's been no indication that anyone has been instructed to sell the Glazers' shareholding in Manchester United. If you wanted to buy Manchester United or some of the shares, you could also go to Jim Ratcliffe, make him an offer for his 30 per cent share. There's also the interesting situation where I think if you bought the Glazer family's shares, then there are things called drag-along rights, which would mean that Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS would also have to sell their shares as well.
That complicates the picture as well. Look, if you're asking me today, are Manchester United for sale? No one has said that they are for sale, but who knows what is going on behind the scenes?
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