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Mar 16 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Strong contingent from Sheikh Jassim's team present in Manchester. Delegation led by Shazhad Shahbaz (third from left), president of Nine Two Foundation. He's a serious player across international banking, investments, & capital markets. Spent 25-years at Bank of America.
Fady Bakhos also present. He is a legal, corporate and investment advisor to Sheikh Jassim (second from left in photo above). Sam Powers is also there and is Global Head of Technology, Media and Telecom at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Yasir Shah is present on behalf of BoA as well. He is their MD. And there are lawyers from Macfarlanes and representatives from real estate and investment firms.
Understand talks will continue into the afternoon and have been "really positive". Sources close to the group say they have been "warmly welcomed".

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Mar 16
Some info also on Sir Jim Ratcliffe's bid ahead of his visit to #MUFC tomorrow. Ratcliffe will be present. He feels it is important to attend. The meetings, as Nine Two Foundation found, are about information gathering and, as importantly, relationship building. Image
Ratcliffe will be joined by INEOS co-owners Andy Currie and John Reece and INEOS Sport chair Rob Nevin and chairman Jean-Claude Blanc (ex-PSG). Latter two are Ratcliffe's closest sports advisors and not earmarked for an #MUFC in-house role if successful. They'll stay with INEOS.
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🚨 Sheikh Jassim's delegation only finished their talks with #MUFC and Raine Group this evening after around 10 hours. The day has been described as "really positive and really detailed" by sources familiar with discussions. Image
Shahzad Shahbaz, president of the Nine Two Foundation, has been earmarked for a key role. He's not just been parachuted in to lead the bid or help value the club. He'll be an important part of the leadership team at #MUFC if the group are successful.
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Bit more on the #MUFC sale process. Understand that Rothschild advisors have outlined to the Glazers in recent weeks the projected impact of them remaining at the club. This has also factored in fan outrage should that scenario occur.
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