But the strain of owning a team that competes with the likes of Russian Roman Abramovich's Chelsea, Emirates Sheikh Mansour's Manchester City and the U.S. billionaire Glazer family's Manchester United appears to be pushing 51-year-old Yeung's resources to the limit.
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Elsewhere in sports only Manchester United, the U.K. soccer team, carries a billion-dollar price tag.
Till now the scanners have only been trialed at Britain's Heathrow airport (between 2004 and 2008 when thousands of travelers were given the option to jump the security line) and from earlier this week, Manchester Airport, grabbing the attention of the U.K. press.
There were about 30 in the U.K., in places like Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow.
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Though based in Britain, Manchester United is owned by the Glazer family, headed by U.S. businessman Malcolm Glazer.
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Manchester United is the first major sports team to launch an IPO in the U.S. since Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians did it back in 1998, according to Dealogic.
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Milligan said Manchester United's next appointment may be as much about reassuring investors outside the U.K. as it will be for sporting reasons.
But in the latest strange twist to the new law, the spirit of U.S. job creation will be embodied by none other than Manchester United, the British soccer club.
The Stoke-born former Manchester United trainee will sign a three-year contract with the Essex club when he officially becomes a U's player on 1 July.
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