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New owners want Manchester Originals to rival profile of City and United

  • RPSG bids £80m for 70% of Originals franchise
  • ‘We want … to challenge those two teams in Manchester’

Challenging football heavyweights Manchester United and Manchester City is within the reach of the Manchester Originals, according to the Hundred franchise’s new majority share owner.

Shashwat Goenka, the vice-chairman of RPSG, which bid £80m for a 70% share of the Originals this month, told a press conference at the cricketing Old Trafford that his confidence was born from the city’s status as a global sporting powerhouse.

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Source: Cricket - The Guardian

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