Reports emerged on Monday claiming Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was interested in buying a controlling stake in Manchester United of £3billion.
Bin Salman is one of the richest men in the world, said to be worth a staggering £850bn.
But former Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan says a takeover of this kind would not suit the values of United.
Jordan claims the likes of Chelsea, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City are “artificial” clubs in how they are funded by their respective owners.
So he reckons United should snub any offer to prevent them turning “ugly”.
“There is something about Manchester United which reflects something very different from a lot of other clubs,” Jordan said on talkSPORT.
“I can’t help but look at PSG, Real Madrid with the Galacticos, Chelsea and Manchester City and think these are artificial clubs that have been built with other people’s money.
“I’m not talking about their fans, but people talk about the amount of money the Glazers have taken out of Manchester United, whereas (Sheikh) Mansour has put a billion in Man City, (Roman) Abramovich has put a billion in Chelsea and the Qataris have put whatever they have put into PSG.
“But United have built themselves out of their own turnover, which makes them a far more organic club than these other clubs. I think there’s something important about that.
“There’s something ugly about PSG, there’s something ugly about the Galacticos at Real Madrid, while there is something beautiful about Barcelona and the way they played and the way they built.
“Man United don’t need the Glazers’ money to go and buy £70million players, but Chelsea and Man City do need this artificial stimulation of somebody saying to them, ‘today’s your lucky day, I’m going to fire a cannon of cash at you’.
“There is something about values, and not just boring, old, traditional, fart-like values, the reason why we have the best league in the world is not by chance, there’s something unique about our football and our culture, that’s why selling Wembley Stadium is an outrage.
“But taking away all of that and making it all about Middle Eastern, Asian or American money when we’ve got this Premier League business which is making £600million a year, it just upsets me a little bit.
“Why do we need more Middle Eastern money in English football?
“Where is it going to take football and what does it say about football that the only thing that really matter now is money?
“That’s all it about now. Identities will be lost and I feel a little bit sad about it.”
On the pitch, United have had a difficult start to the season.
Jose Mourinho’s side have lost three of their first eight Premier League games and sit eighth in the table.