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Debt: The Qataris have almost unlimited wealth and would wipe out Manchester United's debt. That is attractive to the fans.
This debt has weighed down on the club for the last 18 years. The Glazers bought United in a controversial leveraged buy-out - it means they borrowed money to buy the club. The deal was worth £790m - but the Glazers put only £270m of their own money. They borrowed the rest and saddled the debt onto United. Up until that point, United had been a debt-free club.
Ever since then, United have been paying the interest on that debt along with dividends - it has cost United £1.5bn to be owned by the Glazers, with the net debt now around £515m.
All this money has been taken out of United while Roman Abramovich put in £2bn into Chelsea, while Sheikh Mansour and Abu Dhabi have invested significantly in Manchester City.
Ten Hag and transfers: The most likely scenario is that the Qataris would bring in their own people to run the club but Ten Hag would stay as manager.