Man Utd fans want ownership answers

Simon Stone, BBC Sport

Manchester United fans are still waiting for clarity over Sir Jim Ratcliffe's proposed 25% minority purchase in the club.

Mainly they want to know how it is going to work, even if Ratcliffe gets control of the 'football side' as expected.

I spoke to Andy Green, well respected financial analyst and finance director of the Manchester United Supporters' Trust, yesterday about how he sees the situation unfolding.

"Sadly, football and money are completely ill-defined," he said.

"If you want to sign someone in January and the football side says we desperately need a certain player, do they then have to go to the money side, which is the Glazer family, to get that approved?

"Are these new shares being issued to Ineos, so money going into the club, or are they a sale by some of the Glazers or all of them, to him, which is money going to the Glazer family? Are they high voting shares or ones you can already buy on the stock market? There are so many questions."