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Amazon 'linked with purchase of Man United' after Glazers said they would consider sale

Related Topics: Avram Glazer, Amazon.com Inc.

Amazon have become the latest company to be linked with buying Manchester United after the Glazers put the club on the market - but the asking price of around £7billion is believed to be unrealistic by industry experts.

United's controversial owners announced last month that they would consider selling the club in a sensational statement that said they had begun a process to 'explore strategic alternatives to enhance the club's growth'.

The Glazers have been in power at United for 17 years since a leveraged £790million buyout in 2005, but their ownership has been deeply unpopular.