Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani never proved he had sufficient proof he could find his bid to buy Manchester United, according to documents submitted to American authorities.
United and Sir Jim Ratcliffe announced on Christmas Eve he had agreed a £1.3billion deal to acquire a minority stake in the club after 13 months of negotiations.
And according to a new filing on the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released on Wednesday evening, Sheikh Jassim repeatedly failed to provide the source of his funding.
The complicated and dragged out nature of United's sale process is charted in the SEC filings and reveal the Glazers also offered him the chance to purchase United in May last year for $5.