It’s certainly more refreshing than the infighting here. TikTok is where all the reliable sources are now mate!
Honestly, this stuff is way better than arguing about Nice.
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How many Shekels is the bid up to now?
That wouldn't even make sense as why would the Glazers care about signing players in a timely fashion if they are to have no future involvement? The logic doesn't even work.
Did he actually promise this or is it another ‘caf fact’? Can remember a bunch of quotes from when he was buying them but not these specific promises that are flung on here every two or three pages.
Could be me, this thread is like Dante’s inferno so don’t read everything, a link would be useful!
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Its very difficult to notice as it was a very slow and gradual decline TBH. SAF was getting sentimental, top players were leaving/getting old and weren't really being replaced adequately, sometimes we were lucky (who would have believed that Carrick and Vidic would turn out the beasts they became?) and those who highlighted a decline in standards (ex Rooney) were quickly silenced. Then of course they was the slackness at the top like SAF's spat with 2 major shareholders on a frigging horse. That shouldn't happen at a well run club.
Most of us didn't care and while I was in a minority I understand why they did so. Who gives a damn when trophies kept flowing in especially by a team who was, quite frankly, likeable.
That's also pretty much what the current word is on Twitter
He promised to compete with PSG for the title and mount a strong European challenge, neither of which have transpired.
It would make a neat transfer window strategy to save money, by making it look like we’re penny pinching under the Glazers and then boom release the news that Qatar owns United once we’ve bought everyone we need, and we didn’t get fleeced in the market.
This is by far the most toxic thread that's ever existed.
Please, for the Love of God be true.
And I say that not as a ‘pro-Qatar’ agenda or whatever (see my posts on Qatar’s bullshit censorship on the WC), but as someone who wants the Glazers properly gone and doesn’t trust Brexit Jim at all to return Utd to the top.
Far as I'm aware this is what was reported at the time.
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/nice/story/3895343/sources-britains-richest-man-to-buy-nice
Whether the latter part there is a 'promise' or not is something we could have an extremely silly debate about but I don't know that I have the energy to offer a strong opinion.
Im not against ITK information and things like that, I think they are entertaining and provide some light relief and points of view and ideas from different angles.
However that tiktok bloke is just repeating what alot of other ITK are saying.
Zeechan on Twitter who is hit and miss but has some connections somehow, although not always right, says the pretty much the same and the Qataris have won the race.
However that tiktok bloke is just repeating what alot of other ITK are saying.
Zeechan on Twitter who is hit and miss but has some connections somehow, although not always right, says the pretty much the same and the Qataris have won the race.
Champagne on ice tonight.
They said in different occasions that they intend to compete with Marseille, Lyon or Monaco and be the second best team and also said that they had for ambition to compete with PSG. The second one could be forgiven because it's more recent but the first one is far from being the case.
Where? Source of the actual quote?
All I've seen anything close to that is from Bob Ratcliffe. source
“Our ambition is to be in the Champions League in three to five years. We want to compete with PSG, Lyon and the other big clubs in France."
"We want to compete to finish in the top four in Ligue 1 and become one of Europe’s best training centres, like Ajax, for example, so we want to work on the infrastructure and the training grounds.”
And,
In a statement on Nice's official website, INEOS president Ratcliffe said: "With some sensible, measured investment, we want to establish Nice as a team that competes in European club competition on a regular basis. And importantly, sustain it."
Everywhere else it has been misinterpreted by partially quoting "We want to compete with PSG" of the first quote I posted. like here
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My niece goes to school with the daughter of a well-renowned middle-eastern journalist. She said, and I quote, "Aayega to Sheikh hi" (Whatever happens, the Sheikh will win). My niece is 3 so please take this information with a pinch of salt. But she doesn't lie usually so I'm like 75% confident.
This must be one of the worst long running thread in Redcafe history. Atleast transfer threads have some videos and humour. Imagine after all this, Glazer decides to stay back.
That guff has been going round on twitter and reddit for a few days
I trust your source more than mine!That’s just what the QatariFC guy is saying on Twitter
Who knows. Let’s see. Shouldn’t be long now. It’s all so tedious and typical of Glazers. Will be delighted to see the back of them.
Think I’d need to stay away from this forum & all Man Utd social media platforms as the inevitable meltdowns would be astronomical.
One of the worst?!
It would be quite funny.
Please let this be the last farce this club has to endure for a while...
Yeah that just doesn't make much sense does it.
They didn't misinterpret it, it's not from the same quote.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...rules-liverpool-buyout-saying-ligue-1-offers/
And they have been doing that from day one, a spokeperson stating that they want to compete with certain teams, while keeping a certain ambiguity.
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That just seems like a telegraph source at Nice which they quoted as a spokesperson? Any actual statement or quote from someone specific running the club?
I agree SAF became too loyal to class of 92. But it was post glazer takeover that
Scholes, Giggs & Neville became 30 plus. Not replacing Ronaldo was definitely down to glazer austerity, so it’s likely keeping class 92 on so long was too
Is this the grey haired guy who’s getting hammered?
Doesn’t come across as someone that would know anyone senior enough to have insider info.
oh ok, my bad. That's from this season? Anyway I was looking at quotes relating to the owner's goals for the club when they bought it given the post I was replying to.
I have no issues with people wanting Qatar. I know why really people want them. It's blatantly obvious. Everyone wants them for that seemingly endless pit of money.
Just don't buy all the excuses for wanting it. Qatar are much worse than the Glazers n Jim from a moral point of view. Probably make better owners for the club though. Would be hard not to be better than the Glazers tbf.
Like I said if Qatar had a reputation like Sweden, Norway or even France this wouldn't even be a contest. Everyone would want them in.
Yeah the Ratsuckers are making it up as they go along. As far as i know he hasn’t mentioned that he will buy the clib using debt.
I don't want the Norwegians owning my football club.
The owners goals are all over the place and I suspect purposely stated in a way that allow them to deny or interpret things how they want. But as I said above, we can ignore the competing with PSG part, they aren't competing with Marseille or Monaco, they have been competing with midtable teams and been regularly outperformed by promoted teams or former relegation candidates.
Worked out well before
Which could be said for pretty much every angle sports journalists have explored throughout this saga. As someone said, despite pretending to be mouthpieces or close to the situation - chances are they all know feck all outside of financial journalists.
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