Sheikh Jassim is the chairman of Qatar Islamic Bank and the son of a former Qatari prime minister
No figures have been revealed, but one or more of the initial bids were reportedly in the region of £4.5 billion.
Ratcliffe, who made an unsuccessful bid to buy Chelsea in 2022 and already owns French club Nice, visited Old Trafford last week.
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