How To Buy A Football Club

Simon and Faisal chat about today's protest outside and Old Trafford and United announce their third-quarter financial results.

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Is the club losing out in the transfer window? With BBC business presenter and journalist Sean Farrington...

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Faisal and Simon chat about the latest takeover developments; are Qatar now the frontrunners?

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Faisal is joined by David Hellier, football finance journalist at Bloomberg.

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The Qatari bankers deadline of Friday has passed with no deal made.

Faisal, Sally and Simon chat to Senior Football Writer at ESPN Mark Ogden and we hear what happened when Simon met Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the chairman of Qatar Sports Investments.

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The Qatari banker makes his fifth and final bid for the club.

The Qatari banker makes his fifth and final bid for the club. Sally, Simon and Faisal talks through what's going on and answer your questions.

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United's season is over on the pitch, but will that speed up the takeover process?

Sally, Simon and Faisal are joined by Andy Mitten of the United We Stand fanzine to discuss who the fans want to be the new owner.

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How To Buy A Football Club is hosted by BBC economics editor Faisal Islam, BBC Breakfast host Sally Nugent, and BBC Sport football reporter Simon Stone.

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This episode was made by Josh Jenkins with Maia Lowerson. The podcast lead for BBC Radio 5 Live is Matt Smith. The commissioner is Stevie Middleton. The series editor is Josh Jenkins. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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And what impact could securing Champions League football have on the bids? Football finance expert, Kieran Maguire, discusses how a place in Europe's elite competition helps United's finances.

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How To Buy A Football Club is hosted by BBC economics editor Faisal Islam, BBC Breakfast host Sally Nugent, and BBC Sport football reporter Simon Stone.

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This episode was made by Josh Jenkins with Maia Lowerson. The podcast lead for BBC Radio 5 Live is Matt Smith. The commissioner is Stevie Middleton. The series editor is Josh Jenkins. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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Polly Bancroft says the women’s team is of "increasing importance" at the club.

Simon Stone and Polly Bancroft talk about the club's quick rise to success, the possibility of playing more home matches at Old Trafford next season, and - importantly for this pod - Avram Glazer's appearance at Wembley for the Women’s FA Cup final.

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How To Buy A Football Club is hosted by BBC economics editor Faisal Islam, BBC Breakfast host Sally Nugent, and BBC Sport football reporter Simon Stone.

PRODUCTION TEAM

This episode was made by Josh Jenkins with Maia Lowerson and Melanie Stewart-Smith. The podcast lead for BBC Radio 5 Live is Matt Smith. The commissioner is Stevie Middleton. The series editor is Josh Jenkins. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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Send us a Whatsapp message or voice note to 0330 123 9480

Faisal, Sally and Simon discuss the latest twist in the battle to take over Manchester United.

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This episode was made by Josh Jenkins. The podcast lead for BBC Radio 5 Live is Matt Smith. The commissioner is Stevie Middleton. The series editor is Josh Jenkins. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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Send us a Whatsapp message or voice note to 0330 123 9480