Earlier today, we held our subscriber-exclusive weekly Ask Ornstein feature. This is an hour-long question-and-answer session in which The Athletic’s subscribers can ask me for my views on anything from the world of football. included people wanting to know whether Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s proposed minority investment impacts Erik ten Hag, the future for at and plenty on ’s takeover.
Parth S asked: What’s your hunch on the Manchester United sale? How long do you think it’d take for the Glazers to cast a vote and make a decision? If it goes through who are you hearing more about as the next director of football? There are some good candidates out there right now. The Glazers appear to have made their decision, the direction of travel is finally pretty clear and — given they are United’s owners and control the board — any vote is more procedural than meaningful.