As a well known moron, I recognise a jolly good oxymoron when I see one.

Textor is the obvious person to buy their shares as it would give him a controlling interest

I think your logic is flawed and you're ignoring the obvious.

But you do. Textor, IF he can raise the capital required by finding additional investors for his group, clearly wants to buy the club. He's more or less said as much.

That's irrelevant. If someone acquires a controlling interest in the club and doesn't want to deal with SP, they'll get rid of him. That's easy.

Are you seriously asking why are they still at Palace? The answer is that they own the club (or at least a controlling interest) and no matter how much they want to sell and walk away, they can't do that until they have a buyer. Which they don't, yet. So that's why they're still here.

What the United fans would or wouldn't accept has nothing to do with anything. The Glazers own the club and they will sell part or all of the club to whoever they want to.

Further, Harris and Blitzer are the absolutely ideal solution for the Glazers if indeed they want to retain ownership but also raise additional investment to rebuild Old Trafford. H&B give them the money they need, they give them money from an extremely credible and respected source (Blackstone, in the end), they give them sports ownership pedigree the Glazer's don't have themselves, and they will likely not interfere in the running of the club, as their time at Palace suggests. H&B should be wildly attractive to the owners of Man Utd. They let them have their cake and eat it.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

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Another clickbait article this morning is saying that Everton is now up for sale at £500 million -

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None of this is entirely surprising. The Glazers, whether by luck or judgment, appear to have finally hired the right manager and United is on the up. The fan protests have abated as a result, and owning the club is still a license of print money. The bad blood of recent years was likely their primary motivation to sell United; now peace has broken out (even if they're still not exactly popular with the fanbase) why would they let go of such a lucrative asset? Answer: they wouldn't.

What they really need is an investor to help fund the stadium rebuild in return for a minority share of the club. Out of the clear blue sky drops the answer to their prayers: Harris and Blitzer. They keep hold of their lucrative asset. United continues to progress on the pitch. Old Trafford is rebuilt. Everybody's happy.

The story isn't clickbait. It makes far too much sense for that.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.