Michael Knighton calls out Sir Alex Ferguson to help him buy Manchester United

Knighton has launched an aggressive campaign to buy the Red Devils from the Glazers due to poor results in the last few years.

Michael Knighton has reached out to Sir Alex Ferguson to help him buy Manchester United from the Glazers due to the massive decline in the club’s fortunes in recent years. The businessman was a board member at Old Trafford between 1989 to 1992 when Ferguson had recently been appointed as the manager.

“I call out Sir Alex Ferguson and I call out David Gill. I also call out Michael Edelse, who was a director when I spent three years on the United board, and chairman Martin Edwards used the blueprint I put forward to begin the transformation of the club into the powerhouse it became,” said Knighton as reported by The Sun.

“Ferguson, Gill and Edelsen still work alongside the Glazers. How can they stand by and allow the wilful destruction of Manchester to continue? Sir Alex and David Gill could have stopped the Glazers in their tracks before the takeover happened,” added the businessman.

Fans are protesting against the Glazer family

Knighton has put together a small consortium to make a bid to takeover the Red Devils, but he is aware that it would be better if Sir Jim Ratcliffe, a United fan and a multi-billionaire chemical engineer, buys the club. Even though there is outside pressure for a takeover and fans protesting for the poor management of the club, the Glazer family insists that United is not for sale.

On Monday evening, United ‘welcome’ Liverpool to Old Trafford in the Premier League.