In 1989, the businessman Michael Knighton bid ￡20mn for Manchester United. At the time it was the highest price ever offered for an English football club. United’s owner hastily accepted. But the takeover fell through, partly because Knighton raised questions about his own psychology when he insisted on juggling a ball in front of a full stadium while dressed in club kit.
1989年，商人邁克爾?奈頓(Michael Knighton)出價2000萬英鎊收購曼聯(Manchester United)。這在當時是潛在買家對一家英格蘭足球俱樂部開出的史上最高價碼。曼聯老板連忙答應。但那筆收購最終不了了之，部分原因是奈頓堅持要求讓他穿著俱樂部球衣在座無虛席的足球場展露球技，令人對他的心理健康產生疑慮。
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