The emir of Qatar has a strategy to buy Manchester United while retaining ownership of Paris Saint-Germain
The strategy of the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, to try to purchase Manchester United while also owningwill be to demonstrate to Uefa that each club will be controlled by a separate entity. Buying a minority stake in United is not currently of interest, it is understood.
Uefa rules do not allow clubs that can meet in the same competition, such as the Champions League, to have the same owner. Those driving the Qatar interest are conscious of this and a solution is being sought. The current one would be to demonstrate to Uefa that United would not be administered by the same structure and personnel as PSG.
There is some confidence that this would be accepted, particularly as there is a precedent in Red Bull Salzburg and RB Leipzig, where the ultimate proprietor is Red Bull GmbH. In September 2018 the Austrian and German clubs faced each other in the Europa League.
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