Qatar prime minister deny Man Utd talks

Reports last week suggested that the QIA was set to make a bid of around £1.6billion for the Premier league champions.

But Sheikh Hamad, who is also the prime minister of Qatar, insists they are not in talks to buy United from the Glazer family.

Sheik Hamad told Al Jazeera: “That’s not true, we announced a few weeks ago that we did not negotiate that.

“A lot of people talk about ‘Qatar now will buy this, they will pay that.’ This also makes the price good for anything that will be sold.”