Sheikh Jassim tipped for fresh takeover bid amid Tottenham links after Man United deal fails

Sheikh Jassim appears to have failed in his attempts to buy Manchester United but that might not end his Premier League interest. The Qatari banker emerged quickly as a potential investor in the club when the Glazer family revealed their plans for a strategic overview of finances last winter.

After nearly a year of back and forth between Jassim and the likely new shareholder, Sir Jim Ratcliffe,the process looks to be coming to an end. Ratcliffe's newest proposal of around £1.5billion ($1.8bn) for a 25% stake and sporting control of the club is heading to a board vote and is expected to be passed through.

Although Ratcliffe himself has shown extreme interest in buying an English club before, what this leaves is a very rich man and an ambitious group described as 'the perfect owners' in some quarters, without anything to show. With takeover talk in the league rife including uncertainty over the long-term future of Tottenham and also Liverpool amongst others, Jassim has now been predicted to return for another roll of the dice.

Speaking on the It's All Kicking Off podcast, Daily Mail writer Mike Keegan has tipped Jassim to come back in the ring with Liverpool touted as a potential option: «The Qataris set aside about $8billion (£6.57 billion) for the United project,» he said. «That money is there and ready to go, burning a hole in their pockets, so what a story that would be [to buy Liverpool].

»From what I am led to believe, they [Qataris] are very, very disappointed and angered at how this has played out. What better way to respond than to get United's biggest rivals from down the road and throw all that money you were going to throw into Manchester United into making them pay for that decision not to sell to you."

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