As a lawyer , happily retired I may add , this is a very interesting academic point.
I fear that on a strict interpretation our friend Damo may be correct in law.
However UEFA recently accepted a blind trust for Brexit Jim's shareholding in Nice to allow them to play in the same competition as United.
Obviously, unlike Damo , I haven't got a scooby what the wording of the UEFA rules are and frankly I've no great interest.
The more practical issue with Mr Textor may be that he actually needs the Dosh from the sale of his Palace shares to make the deal.
I used to prefer it when we chatted rubbish about football rather than the business of football.
Ah well , season starts tomorrow.