Eh, they’ve been caught publishing Russian propaganda over the last few months so I wouldn’t be so confident. They’re not what they once were.
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Eh, they’ve been caught publishing Russian propaganda over the last few months so I wouldn’t be so confident. They’re not what they once were.
Well they haven't been granted it yet have they.?At least initially they have rejected Qatar's request for exclusivity. Are negotiations still ongoing? Probably. I had Paddock on in the background and they slowly realised that this interpretation of the Reuturs article is correct too. They suddenly got so annoyed about it which was quite funny.
For this particular Reuters article, it was written by their editor in chief in charge of US M&A in New York. There is no doubt his sources come from the banking side On Wall Street. It also highlights that none of the sports journos have a clue because they don’t have those contacts.
lovely stuff. Not my words, rhyme animal, but the words of shakin sheikh Jassim.It seems you haven't read it. Reuters say exclusivity has NOT been granted (at least not yet, anyway). Here:
"The sources cautioned that the situation remained fluid and a new bid from Ratcliffe could prevent Sheikh Jassim from securing exclusivity."
Where has it said it’s been rejected?
We've got £100m to spend before selling players. We aren't skint.
Yes, but we're a bigger club than Chelsea, with higher revenues, and I'm not wctually suggesting spending 600m, just that we won't be limited to 100m
What’s that got to do with my post?
Yes, and how ironic was it that 18 years later that very same ownership that undertook the leveraged buyout voted to ensure it could not happen again.
Again: How do you come up with this conclusion? There's no point negotiating the terms of exlusivity if one party doesn't want to grant it.
The journalist almost certainly didn't make it up. Unlike football journalism, that's not how you make your name in business journalism. My guess would be that he was briefed by Raine.
is it done yet?
This has been the case for months though, the entire bidding process has been to gain exclusivity, if reuters are running a story, it means something has changed and it likely isn't far off
The case of City is kind messed up, it's reminiscent of cases like Calciopoli or other high profile messes with Dinamo Zagreb and others. And no PSG aren't the closest thing to City, PSG infractions are run of the mill infractions and open that only concerns the UEFA, City are suspected of fraud.
This seems to make more sense than other posts, especially mine, hope you're right.
Not really no. Same old same old. Just learned Qatar struck oil though.
They have the finances to cheat in order to get there. The risk is gone. That in turn means the joy is impacted
I don’t disagree with that
You know we're a publicly listed company?
No the bidding process was to buy our football club. Now it seems the Glazers have a clear favourite and are negotiating the terms of exclusivity. Some of you are getting desperate.
Sounding like a done deal with Qataris… are we happy?
All those "Oh no, not Qatar" posters definitely remind me of this
It's why they were also handing out 8+ year contracts. That's not an option anymore.
there has been too much smoke this week, it does feel as it really is on with Qatar now.
Reuters report suggests Qatar is negotiating or close to exclusivity. It’s pretty misleading and fits a pattern of Raine using the media to add jeopardy and force Inesos this time to up their bid.
Suggests Qatar is leading now, but it's not over yet.
Unlucky more than unfair.
Not for long!
This guy is the biggest cockblock in the universe
people will insist they don’t care, but will spend an inordinate time in the upcoming years complaining about people not treating us with respect, or mentioning our owners every time we achieve anything (as we insist the media should with City) or arguing with any United fan that can still be bothered to point out their hypocrisy.
You’re getting what you want. That’s the trade off. Tough. Deal with it.
Ben Jacobs said his sources firmly deny any party being granted exclusivity. Reuters only say that Qatar are negotiating for it with United. Exclusivity has clearly not been granted yet. This is all consistent. The point being it's not really much of an update it's just worded to confuse people.
Last summer we were told the budget was 100m, we spent 250m. And don't remember any significant sales. Forgive me if i don't pay attention to the same stories. Weren't we told the Glazers cleared the 200m credit facility? So we can't use that towards our signings?
That's how amortization and FFP work. And you are the one who talked about 100m.
Have you watched Mid Morning Matters, Scissored Isle and This Time as well mate?
I think Coogan’s actually gotten even better in the newer material.
sounds like the kind of exclusivity my ex-girlfriend wanted with me.
Yes and to buy the club they'd have to be granted exclusivity. So reuters aren't running a story to say the same thing that's been going on for months is still going on. Clearly Qatar have had a breakthrough and exclusivity is close
god that’s good. can i shake your hand?
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