Manchester United For Sale, David Beckham Is Ready To Join A Consortium To Buy His Former Cub

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JAKARTA - David Beckham is reportedly ready to join a consortium to try to buy the former club he played for, Manchester United. This situation follows the decision of the Glazers family to relinquish ownership of the club.

The news of the sale of Manchester United from the hands of the Glazers was officially announced on Wednesday, November 23. The information was announced just hours after the Red Devils terminated the contract of star player, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Quoted from The Sun, the news of the Glazers family wanting to sell the club was immediately responded to by several parties. One of them was the richest man in Great Britain, Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe's interest turned out to invite Beckham's intention to work together. One of the legends of the Red Devils is said to intend to become the new club owner.

However, the same source said that with a net worth of 370 million euros (Rp6 trillion), Beckham himself clearly has not been able to buy Manchester United. Therefore, he intends to open talks with parties interested in acquiring Manchester United from the Glazer Family.

The existence of Beckham going forward to buy MU could be a distinct advantage for the consortium, later. The reason is, this 47-year-old man has the status of a team legend who more or less knows the ins and outs of the Red Devils.

Beckham has been together for a long time with the Red Devils. He is a Manchester United academy dropout who helped strengthen the team until finally choosing to leave for Real Madrid in 2003 ago.

During his time on Sir Alex Ferguson's team at Manchester United, Beckham recorded 85 goals and 109 assists in 388 games in all competitions. Beckham also contributed to bringing Manchester United to six Premier League titles, two FA Cups, and one Champions League title.

Before it was reported that he was interested in buying MU, in May, Beckham said this team is one of the strongest in facing the changes that continue to occur in it.

“There are changes that need to be made and changes that are happening. Not many teams go through what they have been through in recent years and still fill their stadiums", he said.

About the current selling price of MU, it is known that the Glazer Family is priced at 6-8 billion euros. But, that amount is likely to be bargained for by Ratcliffe as he will reportedly not pay more than 5 billion euros for the club.