Hope it’s true that they’re not interested. I couldn’t really have such a personal investment if the Saudis bought us.
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Very unlucky would be the answer to that scenario.
My sentiment exactly. We would have more spending power although we hardly live off scraps now but the identify of Manchester United would be ruined. As much as I disliked the glazer take over this would feel worse. The club we love would be merely a play toy being used as a PR vehicle for a disgusting regime.
The ot pitch would be some weird genetically modified turf that only apple studs can grip, tickets would be £5000 a match, the team would be 11 Chinese children on 30 pence a week and every summer we would have a huge add campaign about how awesomely different the next season would be.
You're an intelligent man, Spoons. Think of an idea that will net you £5bn and you can buy the club.
Yup, pretty much.
So do all United fans, but a Saudi takeover isn't necessarily the best thing for the club.
The current owners certainly arent.
Be great if we could lock this thread until there is actually concrete news. Lot of back and fourth which seems a little unnecessary now.
Well i'm not their biggest fans personally but we could have way worse owners put it like that.
Trump buys United, redevelopes Carrington as a World Class Golf Course. Yeah, just as likely. Won’t happen either.
Feck it, if we get taken over by them let the super league happen. No point in going half way with this shitshow
Romain is supposedly 1 tier reliable, he's an independent journalist who has his own sources from behind the scenes.
He was the one who announced that Jardim would come back to Monaco for example
Saudi takeover and a super league sound like the two things I want least to happen in the world of football
I agree with you though, both of them are such awful concepts that we might as well get both and be done with it. Either one of them is just as horrible as the two combined I thought this was a goer I saw the thread had been bumped, and just as I clicked on it I got an error message with a picture of Woodward!
I saw the thread had been bumped, and just as I clicked on it I got an error message with a picture of Woodward!I thought this was a goer
We need this. From a footballing point of view it’s essential for us.
Who would have thought that Utd fans would be up in arms at the chance of the Glazers fecking off 
From every other point of view, it would be the worst thing ever to happen.
Also, it probably wouldn't make much difference from a fooballing point of view - we are already rich and can spend amounts comparable with our rivals.
Cant wait. See the back of the penny pinching glazers and have owners that will financially compete with anyone. Bring it on.
We don’t though. That’s the point. We could be so dominant if we had a cohesive strategy and owners who wanted the club to be the best of the best.
Can, but that’s in the hands of the Glazers who are more interested in profit rather than winning trophies.
No we don't, we need to use what we've already got more wisely. If we were run as efficiently and intelligently as a club like Dortmund, who have nowhere near our clout, we'd be sorted. Stupidity has got us here, not lack of finances.
There's some truth in that, but at the same time, we do have one of the most expensive squads ever assembled - our wage bill is the second largest in world football.
I agree that we have lacked a cohesive strategy for quite some time now, but that's largely because of poor leadership and deficits in footballing know-how in key positions, rather than a shortage of available funds. We need to overhaul footballing operations at the club, but we don't need a murderous regime of human-rights abusers to take over the club to achieve it.
But Dortmund are about to lose the league to a weak Bayern side. You need a bit more to take on City and their infrastructure.
I understand when people say we spend money but the difference between Glazers and Saudis would be signing Sancho, a top CB with a scouting option in Midfield. Saudis would have Sancho, Griezmann, Varane and a bid for Mbappe if he fancies it.
We wouldn't haveLukaku up top for two years and we wouldn't have Pogba eyeing up other clubs in the press.
I still don't think it's worth it though. The emptiness that City success has over the rest of the league would stretch to us. United spending would push City and we would push back and that would hurt the league in the long run.
I dont think you know what irony is.
This.
Tell me you really don't want the likes of Coutinho, Sancho, Griezmann, Koullibaly in our ranks next season....More chance under owners who are not here to penny pinch!
The problem from a footballing perspective is that, yes, whilst we are a financial juggernaut, we have business owners to answer to. We cannot afford to simply discard £40-50m players at a whim like Pep can. Using Mangala as an example, ridiculous money spent on the guy, doesn’t work out so Pep, tactical genius he is, goes and buys a more expensive defender and ships Mangala out on loan somewhere.
We cannot afford to make these kinds of mistake right now and, likewise, cannot afford the full revamp that we need.
We all mention 3-4 players that we need, but as a squad we could (in FM mode) get rid of / lose Valencia, Darmian, Rojo, Jones, Herrera, Mata, Sanchez, Lukaku (as some have suggested). To replace them with players of the quality to challenge on multiple fronts would be £500m easily. As a business we simply cannot afford this outlay.
To that end these owners would be amazing because, with our pre-existing sponsors and financial power already established, we would be the most powerful club in the world as FFP would be nowhere near us, unlike some of the others.
However ther would also be no getting around the politics of the situation, that as a club we would be a vehicle for a regime that has actively killed dissenters among Other human rights issues.
I don’t know how I would rationalise this in my head.
If the Saudi interest is serious, what are the chances of them not acquiring the club. I don't know nearly as much about the Saudis as a lot of people in this thread, but from everything I've heard, they don't exactly seem like the type that would be willing to take no for an answer...
Also has anyone else noticed that there has been talk about the Saudis buying the club on this forum for the last 3 international breaks in a row now.
Also has anyone else noticed that there has been talk about the Saudis buying the club on this forum for the last 3 international breaks in a row now.
I'd be fine with the Saudis. Frankly, I'd've been OK with Pablo Escobar or Manuel Noriega if it meant we could compete financially with the Oil Barons. Heck, even that short, fat turd Rocket Man if he could find a spare billion or three.
If the Saudi interest is serious, what are the chances of them not acquiring the club. I don't know nearly as much about the Saudis as a lot of people in this thread, but from everything I've heard, they don't exactly seem like the type that would be willing to take no for an answer...
Also has anyone else noticed that there has been talk about the Saudis buying the club on this forum for the last 3 international breaks in a row now.
I’ll believe it when they behead Ed Woodward on the centre circle of Old Trafford before kick off
Man United essentially dies when they take over. Like City did or PSG did. The history starts with these multi-billionaires, who are taking over the club to do whatever they want with it. We'll be having our training ground named after fecking Antone Griezmann in a few years. Is the glory of winning trophies that important that you'll be happy these cnuts take over?
no it’s not
What did the billionaires do negatively for City or PSG from the club and historical perspective?
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