UFC star Conor McGregor has revealed talks about acquiring shares from Celtic's largest shareholder Dermot Desmond amid continued interest in buying shares in a football club.
The Irishman, 32, declared his interest in buying Manchester United a few weeks ago in the wake of the collapsed European Super League plans and continued fan unrest against the Glazer ownership.
And while 'The Notorious' said United were a 'team I liked for sure', he admitted in a Twitter Q&A that he has held talks with about acquiring shares in 51-time Scottish champions Celtic.
In response to a question asking: 'Are you actually going to buy Manchester United???', McGregor said: 'A conversation came up regarding Celtic first to be honest. To acquire shares from Dermot Desmond.
'I am certainly interested in acquiring a sports team at some stage! Both Celtic and Man United are teams I like for sure. But I am open. I feel I could do big things for a club.'
Irish billionaire Desmond, 70, is the largest individual shareholder at Celtic with 34.7 per cent of shares, insisted as recently as March that his shares were not for sale.
Desmond also previously held a stake in Manchester United, but he then sold out to Malcolm Glazer when the American family took over the club in 2005.
McGregor's net worth, according to April estimates from Forbes, stands at an estimated £181m.
In the years since the Glazers took over at Old Trafford, their ownership of the club has been met with fierce opposition from supporters.
That anger has been exacerbated in recent weeks after the Super League fallout, with United's game against Liverpool last weekend postponed as a result of fan protests at Old Trafford.
Supporters broke into the stadium, entered the dressing room area and invaded the pitch, with more protests set to be planned this week for home games against Leicester on Tuesday and the rescheduled clash against Liverpool on Thursday.
McGregor previously revealed that United's history of success, as well as ties with Irish stars such as Roy Keane and Dennis Irwin, attracted him to the club as a youngster.
'I was attracted to the success and winning mentality of the club and people surrounded by United. Irish legends like Denis Irwin and Roy Keane were dedicated to their craft and had that winning mentality.
'Roy Keane was one of the best midfielders European football has ever seen. Opponents would be mentally beaten before they'd even stepped on to the pitch to face him.'
McGregor also described legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson as 'the don of football'.
'Then they had the don of football at the helm, the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson. To have that much success over such a long period is remarkable and something I continue to aspire to.
'And he did it by nurturing youngsters into stars and not by spending and spending and spending like some of these other managers. It's been great to see Sir Alex getting back to full health and continuing to be at the United games. What passion! I wish him and his family all the best.'
Jiubdilpru
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Ronaldo is better than McGregor
no one care about ronaldo
sah_sannidhya
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They need to show investment into the club more than ever right now! Also fix up old tractors. Leaks all over the place and just smells like old poo
Yeah Tbh I can see us Winning Trebel if we get Kane Sancho rice and Pau Torres 😅 Glazers investments now will take us to the best levels of football .
Newmanunited20
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They need to show investment into the club more than ever right now! Also fix up old tractors. Leaks all over the place and just smells like old poo
Old trafford lol
Newmanunited20
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bro should me reposts suggest that Glazers are ready to put 300 million from their own pocket to get us rice , Sancho and Kane this season . Probably this will work .
They need to show investment into the club more than ever right now! Also fix up old tractors. Leaks all over the place and just smells like old poo
sah_sannidhya
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It’s not a route I would of taken but with inflation and the tv rights going up. It was a good business decision that they profited off of. Smart on their part, sucks for the club
bro should me reposts suggest that Glazers are ready to put 300 million from their own pocket to get us rice , Sancho and Kane this season . Probably this will work .
sah_sannidhya
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Think about getting the board to agree to buy a player... the player will be a year into a team before we get a response from the board. Whenever you have too many people making the decision it takes longer
Yeah you explained it better .
Newmanunited20
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Yeah it is but I will only take us to doom . Do you agree ?
It’s not a route I would of taken but with inflation and the tv rights going up. It was a good business decision that they profited off of. Smart on their part, sucks for the club
Newmanunited20
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No I don't think that it will be a good idea for the team it self .It will increase the financial instability of our team in the future . If we want a new take over , a completely take over should be preferred . Especially for a big Football club like ManUtd
Think about getting the board to agree to buy a player... the player will be a year into a team before we get a response from the board. Whenever you have too many people making the decision it takes longer
sah_sannidhya
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Yes, it’s a route you can take
Yeah it is but I will only take us to doom . Do you agree ?
Newmanunited20
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So you mean that it would be good for us to take 4 .2 billion loan to get out of a 500 million loan (400 already paid off )
Yes, it’s a route you can take
sah_sannidhya
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You’re, I don’t support it too. It’s better for him to start up in league 2 or 3 teams or in Scottish teams. MU is too big for him to be clear.
Yeah . Only people who can buy ManUtd are oil merchants or some big businessmen with a net worth of 10 billion + .
sah_sannidhya
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They can easily get more by using their football franchise as collateral. You obviously work at a 7-11 to not understand that
So you mean that it would be good for us to take 4 .2 billion loan to get out of a 500 million loan (400 already paid off )
Prospera2550
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No I don't think that it will be a good idea for the team it self .It will increase the financial instability of our team in the future . If we want a new take over , a completely take over should be preferred . Especially for a big Football club like ManUtd
You’re, I don’t support it too. It’s better for him to start up in league 2 or 3 teams or in Scottish teams. MU is too big for him to be clear.
sah_sannidhya
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Guess you’re right, but have you thought about the opportunity of buying a huge part of the share?
No I don't think that it will be a good idea for the team it self .It will increase the financial instability of our team in the future . If we want a new take over , a completely take over should be preferred . Especially for a big Football club like ManUtd
Prospera2550
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The glazers won’t sell part. All or nothing
Fingers crossed but I don’t support the motion of allowing Mac Greg to buy MU.
Newmanunited20
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Guess you’re right, but have you thought about the opportunity of buying a huge part of the share?
The glazers won’t sell part. All or nothing
Newmanunited20
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No bro his total assets are 182 million . the money needed to buy ManUtd is 4200 million . He can take loan up to 300 million at the most .
They can easily get more by using their football franchise as collateral. You obviously work at a 7-11 to not understand that
Saif3093
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In his dreams lol
Prospera2550
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No bro his total assets are 182 million . the money needed to buy ManUtd is 4200 million . He can take loan up to 300 million at the most .
Guess you’re right, but have you thought about the opportunity of buying a huge part of the share?
sah_sannidhya
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He can buy it with the help of banks 🏦 my friend. He’s a businessman and has the capacity to borrow what needed to buy Man U for the right price.
No bro his total assets are 182 million . the money needed to buy ManUtd is 4200 million . He can take loan up to 300 million at the most .
Prospera2550
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Sorry , McGregor the value of ManUtd is almost 25 times your net worth . So ... you know what I mean .
He can buy it with the help of banks 🏦 my friend. He’s a businessman and has the capacity to borrow what needed to buy Man U for the right price.
Prospera2550
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This Guy Is Dam Crazy McGregor He Thinks He Gets Money 💰 Well Let Me Tell You Ronaldo And Messi Year Earnings Are Far Greater Than Your Entire Career Savings So Stop Insulting Football With Your Rubbish Money 💰.You Can't Even Buy Old Ham Not To Talk Of Buying One Of The Greatest Teams In World 🌎 Football
Do you even read and understand? He wants to buy a share in Man U if there’s availability. Do you think everyone who owns a football teams, bought it with their own cash? They borrow to do business my friend.
sah_sannidhya
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Glazers didn’t have that when they bought it
Ber there is this fake Info circulating in this app . Glazers , yes they took 500 million from the bank , but it is not that they didn't spent any thing from their own pockets . They spent nearly 200 million of their own . At that time ManUtd were sold for 800 million . Now the price is 4.2 Billion .
daheroda8
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He is smoking when he tweeted it.
Napbdeoy
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I will be man city fun if he buys man u
Newmanunited20
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Sorry , McGregor the value of ManUtd is almost 25 times your net worth . So ... you know what I mean .
Glazers didn’t have that when they bought it
Newmanunited20
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celtic will look more like a football boxing team
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Please quit posting stupid teams. You look like a down syndrome child posting crap like this
Newmanunited20
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the guy is funny..He's not even a billionaire how is he going to buy Man utd? ok perhaps he's planning on borrowing money from me.🤷🏿♀
Pretty sure he sold that garbage whiskey for 600mil.... glazers will not sell unless someone can buy the entire thing.
Newmanunited20
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Hopefully he doesn’t make a Celtic whiskey or manunitd whiskey that taste like complete dog sheet. The proper #12 is one of the worst drinks I have ever had. This dude is a sell out joke.
SMHellas
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What so he's thinking a 2.5% stake? He'll be lucky to get even that
Tan_y2j
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pogba worth more than him lol
muhoro
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the guy is funny..He's not even a billionaire how is he going to buy Man utd? ok perhaps he's planning on borrowing money from me.🤷🏿♀
from you ? I don't think he want to buy a loaf bread
hilton1985
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the guy is funny..He's not even a billionaire how is he going to buy Man utd? ok perhaps he's planning on borrowing money from me.🤷🏿♀
Ananik97
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This Guy Is Dam Crazy McGregor He Thinks He Gets Money 💰 Well Let Me Tell You Ronaldo And Messi Year Earnings Are Far Greater Than Your Entire Career Savings So Stop Insulting Football With Your Rubbish Money 💰.You Can't Even Buy Old Ham Not To Talk Of Buying One Of The Greatest Teams In World 🌎 Football
Well he has more money than your entire family 🙄🙄 have some respect to him too,! And for a fact he make 10M+ in one fight which took 5 month for Ronald or messi to reach
NadeenNedved
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This Guy Is Dam Crazy McGregor He Thinks He Gets Money 💰 Well Let Me Tell You Ronaldo And Messi Year Earnings Are Far Greater Than Your Entire Career Savings So Stop Insulting Football With Your Rubbish Money 💰.You Can't Even Buy Old Ham Not To Talk Of Buying One Of The Greatest Teams In World 🌎 Football
Niaxi
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celtic will look more like a football boxing team
sah_sannidhya
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Sorry , McGregor the value of ManUtd is almost 25 times your net worth . So ... you know what I mean .
CR7_The_Football_God
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Ronaldo is better than McGregor
ishti
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Nate Diaz will buy Rangers shares
kingGee11
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celtic after here this
pizzadapasta
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this guy knows to fight and knows his business
Charliechaplain
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Celtic be like