Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al-Thani has withdrawn from the Manchester United takeover raceaccording to a report by the Manchester Evening News

The Qatari had been rivalling INEOS billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe for a buy-out but has decided to axe his 100 per cent bid.

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