No they didn't, they did however state a firm price that they would not budge on, and they didn't.
Now they seem to have lowered that price somewhat, which doesn't mean they don't have a firm price this time around, it's just lower than last summer.
FA Cup 1997/1998 » Round of 16 » Barnsley FC - Manchester United 3:2
Scott Jones scored twice.
https://www.worldfootball.net/report/fa-cup-1997-1998-achtelfinale-barnsley-fc-manchester-united/
Google for the win. :P
The difference is United bring in a lot of cash, the mansion in your comparizon doesn't. Glazers doesn't have to put in own money into united, they can keep mismanaging the club and still take out a nice "bonus" every year. They will only start to think about selling the club when they see it's...
Glazers 70 %
Woodward 20 %
Players 6 %
Managers 4 %
If I could only do 3 changes it would be the owners, the owners right hand man and then the poor quality of players. The coach is a close 4th but no coach can bring a team close to it's 100% potential when the other 3 parts are so far from...