Manchester United have been warned against ‘getting into bed’ with an American company with links to Russia oligarchs sanctioned by the UK Government.
Apollo, the private equity firm in talks with United’s owners, have been accused of financial connections to Russia’s second-richest man and president Vladimir Putin’s £10billion sovereign wealth fund, the Mail on Sunday can reveal.
The ex-wife of Vladimir Potanin submitted court documents that listed Apollo as one of the US companies in which he had financial interest when Potanin filed for divorce in 2013.
Potanin is Russia’s second-richest man, worth more than £22 billion, and was described by the Government as being part of ‘Putin’s inner circle’.