With Friday’s “soft” deadline for proposals arriving at 5 p.m. ET, speculation is rampant over who could take over Manchester United.

Interested parties will only need to detail the amount of their bid and provide proof of funds — whether that’s for an entire takeover or a smaller stake.

Saudi Arabia has reportedly submitted a bid for the Premier League icons, with several private groups from Riyadh making formal inquiries.

Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani confirmed his bid for a full takeover of the club on Friday. Bloomberg previously reported Qatari investors were set for an opening bid of $6 billion, which would be a record price tag for a sports team.

The bid from Qatar will carry no debt.

British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s company INEOS previously announced plans to bid for the club with the help of Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Investors from the U.S. are also reportedly interested.

The Glazer family, which bought the club in 2005 for $942 million, hired the Raine Group in November to explore a full or partial sale. Recent reports suggest the family wants to secure a partner investor rather than sell in full.

As of May, the club was the world’s third-most valuable soccer club at $4.6 billion, per Forbes.

PENN Entertainment now owns Barstool Sports in its entirety.

On Friday, the company announced it had finalized an acquisition of the remaining 64% of Barstool for a total of $388 million.

“This is a huge moment for Barstool Sports,” the media outlet’s CEO Erika Ayers said in a statement.

PENN bought the first 36% of the company in 2020 for about $163 million, then launched a sportsbook.

Penn said in a press release that since it first got involved with Barstool, the media outlet’s ad sales have gone up 160%, and its audience has grown 194%. It also launched new properties, like the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl.

Penn Entertainment — which recently rebranded from Penn National Gaming — also owns Canadian media outlet theScore.

“Barstool, combined with theScore’s reach and highly engaged user base, creates a massive digital footprint and ecosystem that will serve to propel Barstool Sportsbook and our uniquely integrated media and gaming business,” Penn Entertainment CEO and president Jay Snowden said in a statement.

DraftKings continues to successfully ride the wave of legalized sports betting.

The sports betting platform reported $855 million in fourth-quarter revenue, an 81% increase from $473 million during the same period last year — beating analysts’ estimates of $800 million.

Monthly unique payers rose 31% year-over-year to 2.6 million, with average revenue per monthly unique payer jumping 42% year-over-year to $109.

DraftKings reported a net loss of $1.4 billion for the full year.

During the quarter ending Dec. 31, DraftKings launched its online sportsbook product in Maryland, followed by one in Ohio on Jan. 1, 2023. It now operates mobile sports betting in 20 states and iGaming in five.

The company’s 2023 revenue guidance is $2.85 billion to $3.05 billion, up from the range of $2.8 billion to $3 billion reported in November.

DraftKings expects to launch in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico, pending licensure and regulatory approvals — and has been “found preliminarily suitable” in the Bay State.

CEO and co-founder Jason Robins said DraftKings was the most downloaded sportsbook app in the U.S. on Super Bowl Sunday.

At market close on Friday, DraftKings’ stock was up 15%.