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• The initial bidders, who include Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s INEOS, are now waiting for responses from Raine Group but all offers for 100 per cent of the club were considerably below the desired fee FIFA
  
  5bn but, while there had been an initial feeling the Glazers would accept £5bn, it is understood that figure is actually £6bn FIFA
  
  The Glazers are considering minority offers for Manchester United, as the protracted sale of the club enters its second stage with all bidders so far considerably short of the desired value FIFA
  
  One feeling is that Qatar will ultimately pay what it takes to secure a prize asset that would have immense political value, but the fear among a number of interested parties for some time has been that the Glazers would ultimately just seek minority investment FIFA
  
  There is nevertheless said to be a bullishness around the Al Thani bid, which would represent a Qatari state project FIFA
  
  Elliott have meanwhile denied an earlier report that they wanted to buy 60 per cent of the club FIFA
  
  The first offers submitted at last month’s soft deadline were no more than £4 FIFA
  
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  The initial bidders, who include Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s INEOS, are now waiting for responses from Raine Group but all offers for 100 per cent of the club were considerably below the desired fee FIFA
  
  Elliott have meanwhile denied an earlier report that they wanted to buy 60 per cent of the club FIFA
  
  The Glazers are considering minority offers for Manchester United, as the protracted sale of the club enters its second stage with all bidders so far considerably short of the desired value FIFA
  
  FIFA
  
  5bn but, while there had been an initial feeling the Glazers would accept £5bn, it is understood that figure is actually £6bn FIFA
  
  One feeling is that Qatar will ultimately pay what it takes to secure a prize asset that would have immense political value, but the fear among a number of interested parties for some time has been that the Glazers would ultimately just seek minority investment FIFA
  
  There is nevertheless said to be a bullishness around the Al Thani bid, which would represent a Qatari state project FIFA
  
  The first offers submitted at last month’s soft deadline were no more than £4 FIFA