Remember Turki Al-Sheikh? The man who once posted a cryptic message on X suggesting Manchester United were in an ‘advanced stage’ of a takeover.
He said: “The best news I heard today is that Manchester United is now in an advanced stage of completing a deal to sell to a new investor. I hope he’s better than the previous owners.”
He later clarified he was not the ‘new investor’, but now he now wants to buy Derby County.
The Times is reporting that the EFL and the Independent Football Regulator are aware of Turki Al-Sheikh’s interest in the Championship club, but both organisations declined to comment when approached by them.
Al-Sheikh is a government minister in Saudi Arabia’s royal court and is the man behind Saudi Arabia’s takeover of boxing.
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