Jim O’Neill, Goldman Sachs’ chief economist, is drawing up a putative plan to wrest control of English football club Manchester United by buying out the Glazer family.  O’Neill, a former United board member, organised a meeting of City financiers on Monday to discuss the fledgling idea. Separately, the FT reports that Manchester Utd and other UK  Champions League rivals have fallen behind Real Madrid and Barcelona in the rankings of Europe’s top money-making clubs, driven by TV rights deals, according to Deloitte’s annual Money League report, to be published on Tuesday.

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