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Manchester United’s board is set to vote on selling a minority stake in the club to British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe after Sheikh Jassim’s Qatari group claimed to have withdrawn from the race.The protracted battle to buy the Premier League club from the Glazer family, who put it up for sale last November, has been a two-horse contest between Sheikh Jassim’s Nine Two Foundation and Ratcliffe’s INEOS petrochemical empire.Amid PR briefings and fan protests over the course of almost a year, neither bidder has met the Glazers’ asking price of $8billion (£6.4bn), with both parties instead valuing the club at closer to $6.3bn (£5bn).But representatives from Sheikh Jassim’s bid delivered a twist on Saturday night when they claimed that, after further discussions in recent days, the Qatari royal had informed the Glazers that he was withdrawing from the process. Sources close to INEOS and at Manchester United now believe the Glazers are moving towards selling a minority stake

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