Who is Michael Knighton? The 'headcase' who wants to rid Manchester United of the Glazers

To a certain vintage of Manchester United fans, Michael Knighton will always be that bloke who did keepy-ups at Old Trafford and celebrated in front of the Stretford End after blasting the ball into an empty net. A curious part of the club’s history, long-consigned to the recesses of the mind until he declared his latest intention to launch a buy-out last week.

You see, Knighton has history. The reason he had his five minutes of fame out on the pitch on a late summer’s day in 1989 was because he was set to buy United for the meagre sum of £10 million ($12m).

To cut a long story short – it didn’t happen. So, it is little wonder his latest intentions are being greeted with such scepticism, what with the club now likely to cost in excess of £5 billion ($6bn) by conservative estimates...