Gaddafi had been very close to buying Manchester United club

This was very close to happening when the owners of the Man Club. Woodt was looking for new shareholders for the club, after a few shows up trouble, and that's why the way Gadhaf got locked in the Red Club” was open, writes LéEquipe, the Periscope broadcast.

“People didn't understand Gaddafi was too close to buying the club, it was only a matter of clocks” states Mehmet Dalman, current president of Cardiff City.

Dalman relates how he had travelled with a private plane to Libya to meet Gaddafi, where he had discussed the possibility of buying Manchester United.

Dalman says he told Gaddafi that if you buy Manchester United's team, you've bought England's “Church <x0).

Dalman, while giving details from the meeting, shows Gaddafi was not interested in the price very much, he was just rushing for that to happen.

However, that never happened, as shares in question were purchased in 2005 by Malcom Glazer for 790 million pounds.

Manchester United is the world's top “market club”, which accounts for more than 3 billion euros. Gaddafi died at the age of 69 in October 2011, during the Libyan civil war, was captured and killed near the town of Sirte./Periscopi/