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  Glazer family   Knighton, who made his fortune in propert find y, shot to prominence in August 1989 when he made a takeover bid of £20million for United, which was a record bid for a British football club at the time. The offer was accepted by chief executive Martin Edwards house and Knighton pledged to invest £10m in Old Trafford an to former glories on the pitch.    Knighton also recognised the off-field potential of United, predicting they would be a £150m business within 15 years (as it ha). His business plan identified several areas for development – business such as television rights, merchandise and a hotel – despite the fact United hadn’t won a league championship since the late 1960s.  Ahead of a match against Arsenal at the beginning of the 1989-90 season, Knighton juggled a ball on the Old Trafford pitch in front of 47,000 fans while dressed in full United kit. Knighton holds up a United scarf after making his £20...

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  Glazer family   Knighton, who made his fortune in property, shot to prominence in August 1989 when he made a takeover bid of £20million for United, which was a record bid for a British football club at the time. The offer was accepted by chief executive Martin Edwards and Knighton pledged to invest £10m in Old Trafford and restore United to former glories on the pitch.    Knighton also recognised the off-field potential of United, predicting they would be a £150m business within 15 years (as it happened the Premier League and much success would make them a £1b usatimes.cc n business within 11 years). His business plan identified several areas for d usanews.cc evelopment – such as television rights, merchandise and a hotel – despite the fact United hadn’t won a league championship since the late 1960s.  Ahead of a match against Arsenal at the beginning of the 1989-90 season, Knighton juggled a ball on the Old Trafford pitch in front of 47...

made his fortune in property, shot to prominence in August

  Glazer family   Knighton, who made his fortune in property, webapex.net shot to prominence in August 1989 when he made a takeover bid of £20million for United, which was a record bid for a British football club at the time. The offer was accepted by chief executive Martin Edwards and Knighton pledged to invest £10m in Old Trafford and restore Unite westernmagazine.org d to former glories on the pitch.    Knighton also recognised the off-field potential of United, predicting they would be a £150m business within 15 years (as it happened the Premier League and much success would make them a £1bn business within 11 years). His business plan identified several areas for development – such as television rights, merchandise and a hotel – despite the f ysin.org act United hadn’t won a league championship since the late 1960s.  Ahead of a match against Arsenal at the beginning of the 1989-90 season, Knighton juggled a ball on the Old Traf...