Radical Iranian group wants to buy Man United!

There is a new contender for the British football club - Manchester United.

London, Aug.10 : There is a new contender for the British football club - Manchester United.

Rumours are doing the rounds that a radical Iranian group --Ansar Hezbollah -- wants to buy the club, and rename it after a holy Muslim oasis.

"Once we've bought Manchester United we'll change its name to Khaybar," The Sun quoted Ansar Hezbollah's secretary general, Mohammad Bagher Kharrazi, as saying.

Khaybar is near the Muslim holy city of Medina in Saudi Arabia and is the site where Jewish inhabitants were defeated by the Prophet Mohammed's followers in 629 AD.

Manchester United fans are already furious over the club's takeover by the American Glazer family in May 2005.

But the latest report has been met with a smile.

Colin Hendrie, vice chair of the Independent Manchester United Supporters' Association, joked: "This is exactly why we have a fit and proper person's test in the Premier League!

The spokesman for Manchester United has been quick to dismiss the rumour.

ANI