Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has broken his silence on the potential sale of the club by the Glazer family.
The club announced via its official website last month that the Glazers were seeking 'strategic alternatives' for United, with a potential sale of the club not ruled out.
The Daily Mirror subsequently claimed the Glazers want £8 billion to sell their stake, which would be the highest sale of any sports club or franchise in history.
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The possibility of a sale was greeted with much positivity by United fans, many of whom have been critical of the way the family has run the club since taking full control in 2005.
As per Forbes, the family currently holds an active stake of around 97 per cent in the club, having previously floated a small amount of shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
Interested parties reportedly include Ineos founder and United fan Sir Jim Ratcliffe, whilst Amazon have also emerged as a potential buyer.
Now, Red Devils boss Ten Hag has had his say.
Ten Hag on United sale
Ten Hag is United's sixth permanent manager since the Glazers took charge, succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson, David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
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It may well be that he is the last manager of their reign of the club, with the Dutchman having done an impressive job at Old Trafford thus far.
United sit fifth in the Premier League, three points off the Champions League places with a game in hand on fourth-placed Tottenham.
And when asked about a potential sale, Ten Hag was fully focused on the football side of operations.
He told The Athletic: "My information is that it will only be good things, because there will be more investment possible, which is good.
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"I look at the competition around the Premier League. They all have the opportunity to invest. It's a tough competition between seven or eight clubs. That's a change in circumstance when you compare with five or 10 years ago.
"The competition is much tougher. Newcastle are coming. Even West Ham, maybe not now in the table, but they have huge investment. Spurs definitely, and then City, Chelsea and Liverpool, I don't need to talk about them.
"Seven or eight clubs can compete in the league. Even at the bottom, I don't see weak teams. They're all strong. There's no easy games.
"[Chief executive Richard Arnold] said [the owners] are open and transparent. We spoke about the culture we want. We spoke about objectives, goals and the culture, and he confirmed it won't change, that it will be even better because more money will become available for this project."
Topics: Erik Ten Hag, Manchester United, Premier League
Ryan Smart