{"id":44767,"date":"2023-03-16T15:51:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T15:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/16\/manchester-united-ownership-uefa-says-multi-club-ownership\/"},"modified":"2023-03-16T15:51:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T15:51:09","slug":"manchester-united-ownership-uefa-says-multi-club-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/16\/manchester-united-ownership-uefa-says-multi-club-ownership\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United ownership: Uefa says multi-club ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Uefa has to \u201crethink\u201d its rules about multi-club ownership amid the potential sale of Manchester United, says president Aleksander Ceferin.<\/p>\n

British businessman Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who owns French club Nice, has\u00a0bid to buy United, as has\u00a0Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani\u2019s Qatari consortium.<\/p>\n

Rules stop anyone having \u201ccontrol or influence\u201d over two clubs in the same Uefa competition.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have to speak about this regulation,\u201d Ceferin said.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Gary Neville on The Overlap, he added: \u201cThere is more and more interest in this particular ownership.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t just say no to multi-club ownership but we have to see what rules we set because the rules have to be strict.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paris St-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi is set to be a key figure in any Qatari ownership bid.<\/p>\n

It raises the prospect of United and PSG not being able to both play in the Champions or Europa League.<\/p>\n

Uefa defines control or influence as:<\/p>\n

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  • holding a majority of the shareholders\u2019 voting rights<\/li>\n
  • having the right to appoint or remove a majority of the members of the administrative, management or supervisory body of the club<\/li>\n
  • being a shareholder and alone controlling a majority of the shareholders\u2019 voting rights pursuant to an agreement entered into with other shareholders of the club<\/li>\n
  • being able to exercise by any means a decisive influence in the decision-making of the club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \u201cThose are the current rules which we have to rethink,\u201d Ceferin said. \u201cIt has to be quick because everything has to happen quick in football.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe are not thinking about United only. We have to see what we will do, speak within the house and the take it to the executive committee.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe options are it stays like that or we allow them to play the same competitions. I am not sure yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Sheikh Jassim\u2019s representatives and Ratcliffe are set to be at Old Trafford this week to\u00a0receive a presentation on the potential sale process.<\/p>\n

    Manchester City are part of the City Football Group, an example of multi-club ownership, but none of their clubs currently play in the same competitions.<\/p>\n

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