‘Three hundred and sixty odd pages, on arguably the greatest United story never told… Not going to say anything more than ‘buy it’. A good, revealing read’ –The United Review Collectors Club
Visionary is the inside story of one of football’s most notable entrepreneurs, Michael Knighton and his crucial, revolutionary ideas for transforming Manchester United’s fortunes.
Knighton is popularly known as the man who very nearly bought Manchester United for the giveaway price of £10million. Ultimately, he spurned the opportunity to complete the purchase, opting instead to join the board and watch as his radical ideas for a commercial revolution were put into action.
Visionary argues the case for Knighton as the architect of the richest football club and greatest sporting brand on the planet – and that it was Knighton’s unacknowledged axis with Alex Ferguson that enabled a paradigm shift in United’s fortunes on the field of play, leading to unparalleled glories.
Sam Wallace of the Daily Telegraph called Michael’s tale ‘one of the great football stories of our time’.