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LONDON. — Marcus Rashford will hold off on signing a new contract at Manchester United.

That is until the club’s new owners are confirmed.

United are keen to enforce a wage cap of around £200 000 a week per player on new deals to prevent envy in the camp, as has been the case in the past.

But with Rashford (25) expected to sign the biggest contract of his career as he enters his prime years, his camp understandably want to be wait to see what the Qataris, for example, could offer.

The England forward is currently one of the hottest properties in world football amid a red-hot run of form following the World Cup.

And Man Utd recognise his stock has risen since negotiations began on a new deal. His current contract expires at the end of the 2023-24 season.

Rashford is enjoying career best figures of 27 goals from 44 games this season having been revived under Erik ten Hag.

But stalling on a new contract could result in a deal taking much longer than expected.

United’s takeover battle was plunged into chaos following a late change to Wednesday’s 9pm deadline.

Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani initially made an improved world record offer of around £5billion to buy the Premier League giants from the Glazer family.

But he WITHDREW that after deal organisers and US financiers Raine Group later extended the deadline by 48 hours and is now planning a revised offer.

Britain’s richest man Sir Jim Ratcliffe was also ready to submit his offer – also around £5bn – before 9pm, but delayed it after Raine’s extension.

Raine have now indicated there could be as many as EIGHT bids by the new Man Utd takeover deadline of 9pm today. — The Sun.