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Mar 7

🗣️ Graham Potter to CBS on Havertz penalty: "I'm not going to complain about the law, that's for sure. I'm happy the second penalty went in. I didn't watch it. I watched the first & Kai missed it so i didn't watch the second. I just waited for the crowd noise & then celebrated."

🗣️ On going through. "Fantastic. I'm so proud of the players & supporters. It was a big night for us. We knew how important the game was. Over the two legs we played two good games. We had to get the job done & we did."

🗣️ On needing the win. "We thought we made real progress against Dortmund away, had some good chances & were unlucky to lose. And then we lost 1-0 to Southampton, and [2-0] at Tottenham, & all of a sudden pressure mounts. It's the nature of the business...

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Mar 6

🗣️ Graham Potter on Dortmund. "It's a big game. It's an exciting game. A chance to go through to the last eight. A special night at Stamford Bridge. They are in a fantastic vein of form, winning games confidently. I think it's 10 wins in a row."

🗣️ On Leeds win. "It's nice to win. That's for sure. Everybody is happy when we do. But we also know we have a big challenge ahead."

🗣️ On Reece James return. "Reece, we'll make a decision on [for Dortmund] tomorrow. Christian [Pulisic] is in the squad. He's trained well and looking good. It's too soon for N'Golo [Kante]... We need to build his minutes up. He won't be back with for 90 minute any time soon."

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Ben Jacobs

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Mar 4

A bit of context as to what happens next in the #MUFC sale process. Due diligence is by no means simple. All bidders, outright or minority, undertake the same tasks. It's an enormous amount of work, which in the Chelsea sale (also handled by Raine) was done at super speed.

Due Diligence isn't just about checking numbers or valuing #MUFC. Suitors will be looking at financial, operational and legal information about the club and undertaking tax due diligence as well.

Things can be expedited (especially if Raine, as anticipated, establish a hard second-phase deadline), but a traditional takeover would see due diligence last for 2-3 months, so anything less is considered pretty quick.

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Ben Jacobs

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Mar 4

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Both Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe have been put through to the next stage of the #MUFC bidding process, as @TeleFootball report. Neither group has received detailed feedback yet or been given access to start due diligence. This is expected next week.

Understand second bids will be given quite a tight deadline (with Chelsea it was within a month). And then, if the Glazers choose to proceed further, a preferred bidder could be selected. Both outright and minority investors have been put through.

Qatar's bid is "all or nothing" meaning Sheikh Jassim has no interest in minority investment or a staggered route to get to outright ownership. The make up of his Nine Two Foundation is also expected to be clarified further soon.

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Ben Jacobs

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Mar 3

🗣️ Graham Potter on Leeds and Dortmund being make or break games. "I don’t look at it like that. I tend to focus on the next match. We know the situation we are in. We need to improve on the results, which have not been good enough..."

🗣️ Potter on Mason Mount. "Mason has been great to work with. He’s been top. He’s suffering like the rest of us because we want better results. In terms of the contract that’s between him and club."

🗣️ Potter on ownership backing. "There is support and of course I've spoken to them. I'm not going to hide behind that. The results haven’t been good enough and I'm responsible as coach… and all the noise that comes with it. My job is to stay focused and win the game tomorrow."

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Mar 2

🗣️ Richard Masters to #FTFootball on Chelsea spending. "I am not here to defend [them]. The new owners have owned the club for less than a year. They've had two transfer windows. You need to judge the football club after three or four years...

"They might have bought, but they would probably argue they have a different transfer policy to the previous regime with younger players, longer contracts and lower wages...

"Within our rules it's a test over a 12-month period, so the question is whether they are going to sell some of their existing players in the next window. I am not here to defend them but you have to judge these things over a period of time."

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