People get a little too sensitive and off topic regarding the sale process, which is understandable cause it was generally frustrating but the issue here isn't about Ratcliffe, Ineos, Qatar, Jassim or any other. Bottomline is:
-United's most important matter as an institution was clearing the debt from the leveraged buyout.
-The Glazers won't clear the debt as long as they are around, because it's not in their best interest (which highlights why it was such an aberration in the first place).
Therefore, the logic conclusion was that any deal other than a full sale was basically kicking the can down the road. Maybe the Glazers wanted a full sale or maybe they didn't, we will never know for sure. But what's sure is they accepted a deal that works for them as they can keep getting paid, have to do even less work and need to worry less about PR blowback since the new partner will deal with that.
Jury is still out on the new football administration but early signs don't look that promising tbh. And a general law in most organizations is that if you implement actions in the detriment of the current staff you're gonna have disgruntled employees, suboptimal performances, most processes going through the motions at best and (particularly in companies with a more public profile) the ocasional leak to the press here and there. Which could be necessary depending on the financial urgencies but as a whole IMO it doesn't contribute to a winning culture, which is what I imagine most fans expect.
