Chapter Three

May 13, 2013

BREAKING NEWS!!!

Sky Sports NEWS

"Good day everyone I'm your host Jeff Stelling coming at you with groundbreaking information while we were all asleep Manchester United has been bought from the glazer family by Kings Sports in a shocking transaction worth $ 4.5 Billion" He took a deep breath "Kings Sports Owned by Nigerian King Adeshola an avid sports and betting who made his fortunes from sports betting and purchasing shares in various countries has bought out the glazers of their ownership of the club"

Listeners watching at home were surprised at the sale and continued paying attention "Adeshola first came into limelight for his betting exploits when he won $16.5 million when he bet on Manchester United winning the UCL in 1999 and he has maintained media attention for making ridiculous bets no one would make his highest pay out being his $ 750 million payout in the 2004 summer Olympic on Greece beating The USA in basketball. In that same year he bet on Greece winning the Euros" The host couldn't help but shuffle his papers looking at the figures 

" He joined the Manchester United board of Directors in 2009 and while he has Maintained his betting activities he has shifted to purchasing shares in various companies including Netflix, Johnson and Johnson, Coca Cola, Apple, VISA,Walmart ,intel and various other companies while he has made a fortune from sports betting, most of his wealth fame from shorting the American housing market in 2008 while we do not know how much was invested but we know he made billions off his investments"

"Manchester United was recently valued at $ 3 billion by Forbes at the beginning of the year and it plays a role into the final price of the transaction the fans of the Club have been less than happy with the Glazers ownership and have made it loud and clear" 

"Manchester United will hold a Press Conference later in the day to officially announce the sale and it will be open to fans. With the recent retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson and a change in Ownership one can't help but ask what is in store for the club and its fans. My name is Jeff Stelling and we will keep you updated" 

The fans watching at home were shocked and surprised by the sudden sale of the club while some held hope of improvement others were neutral and would hold out having hope till after the press conference. 

Irrespective of ones thoughts it was certain that Manchester United would not remain the same.