Ronaldo retires, gets his Saudi mates to buy United and puts him in as the chairman.
A valid point, and goes a away to explaining why the Glazers used so much debt in the LBO back in 2005 rather than an equity partner.I am not sure what sort of legacy SJR thinks he will be leaving behind, if he is the one that allows the Glazers to hang around until after the US World cup and beyond then that is what he will be remembered for. It's an interesting take though, but I just don't see it.
I also don't see why SJR would want to be the one who does all the dirty work for the next 5-6 years to raise the value of the club for just 27 % of the return, or more likely still raise the cost of the remaining shares they want to buy themselves by a stupid amount.
It was always a crazy deal on paper for Ineos if they don't take full control in the near future. It's a bit like people who own shared ownership houses, why would they want to invest a load of money into their house until the own it outright, as anything they do to it before will only benefit the other shareholder alot more than them when it's sold, or cost them even more when they want to buy more shares.
The clubs can't do transfers between each other, hence why Todibo couldn't be signed in the summer.I've seen a number of posts regarding our potential spending in this window and the summer but something I haven't seen mentioned is the potential to sell academy players to Nice (also owned by SJR) to navigate PSR and allow us more room for transfers.
Sell Biancheri to Nice for 15m, this would hypothetically allow us to buy Cunha for 60m as long as the transfer was amortized over at least 4 years.
Another transfer which could really help us is Angel Gomes. He's a free agent this summer so if United sign and then immediately sell him to Nice for 25m. It would also be pure profit as he's an academy player and this would open up 100m transfer again assuming it's amortized.
The majority of Chelsea's spending has been funded by selling academy players.
Sell Harry Amass to Nice for 20m and insert a buyback clause for 21m. Once again it opens up a world of possibilities for us in the transfer market.
However these are UEFA rules and only apply when both clubs are participating in UEFA competitions (or maybe even the same competition, I'm not sure about that point). Was the same for Red Bull - Salzburg and Leipzig made weird deals all the time until Leipzig got qualified for the CL. Then they had to restructure things as both clubs wanted to participate in the CL, but not before.The clubs can't do transfers between each other, hence why Todibo couldn't be signed in the summer.
Nice aren't even allowed to make contact with United's ownership so technically Ratcliffe should be having no influence at all over them this season.
I think that's correct. As things stand, after 30th June it would be possible to deal with them again.However these are UEFA rules and only apply when both clubs are participating in UEFA competitions (or maybe even the same competition, I'm not sure about that point). Was the same for Red Bull - Salzburg and Leipzig made weird deals all the time until Leipzig got qualified for the CL. Then they had to restructure things as both clubs wanted to participate in the CL, but not before.
So if this season ends without qualifying for Europe those limits wouldn't apply as far as I understand.
Feels like it's the first time he's really been asked about the whole thing until nowHe’s not wrong but he’s a bit behind with his topic response isn’t he?
