Two bids are known to have been made for the Old Trafford side - from Qatari hopeful Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al Thani and British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe's INEOS.
Manchester United bidders are due to meet with the club in the next two weeks and gain access to accounts - enabling offers to end the ownership of the Glazers.
Sky News understands the two declared bids are now progressing two weeks after the deadline to declare interest - from Qatari hopeful Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al Thani and British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe's INEOS. The process is being overseen by the New York-based Raine Group merchant bank, which has not commented on the process launched by the Glazers publicly in November when theyIt is unknown if there are more than two bids to take control of the club, while other lesser investment offers have been floated.
It has been suggested it could take bids valuing the club at more than £5bn for the Glazers to sell up completely. Sheikh Jassim, who was educated at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, is chairman of Qatar Islamic Bank which was established in 1982 - the year of his birth.QIB's largest shareholder is the Qatar Investment Authority which is the state's sovereign wealth fund.However, the bid team maintains the club is a private investment by Sheikh Jassim, whose father, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al Thani, is a former prime minister of Qatar.
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