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Carlyle was one of a handful of parties vying
for a minority stake in the Old Trafford club, the report said,
adding that the exact details of the proposal, including the
investment amount and deal structure, were yet to be finalised.
Carlyle did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for
comment. Manchester United declined to comment.
United's American owners, the Glazer family, launched a formal
sale process late last year and have received several bids,
including from Qatar's Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani and
British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe.
Sports industry news site Sportico reported this month that
Manchester United would accept a third round of bids from
prospective buyers at the end of April.
The Glazers bought Manchester United in 2005 for 790 million
pounds in a highly leveraged deal that has been criticised for
loading debt on to the club.
United have won the English top-flight title a record 20 times
but their last triumph was in 2013.
(Reporting by Yana Gaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Alex Richardson
and Ed Osmond)
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