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First the Ronaldo transfer and now Qatar.
Club Sale | It’s done!
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Hearing from my sources (my sad little brain) that Thomas Zilliacus the Finnish Billionaire has exclusivity (on FM) after he all of this was a rouse to make people think SJR and SR were the two preferred bidders.
Reuters arent going to run an exclusive to say nothings changed. Clearly Qatar are close to exclusivity at this point
Bit of a stretch to imply there will be cheating at any stage. Let's see how it goes before falling into that pit. No club of the scale of United has been sold to a State before.
The state of our current ownership though.
Negotiating the terms on exclusivity negotiations.
No wonder we have fallen so far over the years. The fecking dawdling and indecisiveness is overwhelming. I get that they are trying to squeeze every penny but this is just amateurish.
Negotiating the terms on exclusivity negotiations.
No wonder we have fallen so far over the years. The fecking dawdling and indecisiveness is overwhelming. I get that they are trying to squeeze every penny but this is just amateurish.
Because it hasn't been granted? If it was granted then they would say it wouldn't they? Of course it can change, that's how a negotiation works.
Nothing yet on BBC. 
No I was replying to someone who said our budget was 100m, I didn't bring it up
When you put on the Kandora and Ghutra you just can read minds apparently.
Man Utd players soon:
Thoughts go out to all those that were calling Sheikh Jassim embarrassing and amateurish with his bids
That the two parties have been messed around so much by the Glazers, if it wasn't United up for sale, they'd probably have pulled out and told them to feck off.
You clearly don't know what you're talking about.
Quite frankly if I try and explain it, I think I'd probably have more luck teaching a dog mechanics. So I'm not really interested in this futile effort.
So good luck, and just believe what you want to believe
Or indeed anyone who paid attention to what British journalists said throughout this whole process
Did you grant it?
Think he's saying normally billionaires wouldn't put up with the nonsense that this process has turned into, but because it's United they're enduring the shenanigans
Nothing yet on BBC.
They're always last to announce stuff, like they normally do with transfers. Nothing is absolutely 100% yet and I wouldn't be surprised if they don't just wait until an official club statement and just quote that.
Its obviously time for the click bait mob to get their last cash in on this story
I don’t care what Jacobs has been saying. Reuters was being discussed and nobody said it has been granted yet.
I was arguing against an insane point that said the article states Qatar negotiating for exclusivity but United were rejecting it.
This is huge news. Qatar aren’t negotiating exclusivity without constant talks with Jim and how much further he wants to go. This would suggest not much further.
Trying to play it down is weird as feck
waiting on rio to confirm it.
So what's happening?
Share trade volume crosses 8mn for the second time this week.
Hes right, The Glazers have been fecking around withe the club sale. Normally, any sane person would have walked away already. But this is Manchester United so both parties tolerate the leeches and their actions.
I will, like when I believed that Qatar will stay favourites no matter what you and the rest of the thread said, believing every word British journalists posted. I've been consistently correct in not paying attention to that, and I'd imagine by the end of this summer, I'll be proven correct that we dont spend less than 100m
Jeez
that given me a lot of bad images of Avram, Mr Potato Head and Jassim in the sack with Sir Jim hiding in the wardrobeThe Glazers. Always the Glazers. But ,more specifically the fact that it's seemingly being briefed to the British journalists that even at this stage, even with de facto exclusivity for SJ, formal exclusivity isn't being granted (so the Glazers can still continue to string the process along in the hope that SJR sorts out legal issues and bids more money, with no 'end date' provided to either side) . And that's the more charitable explanation, compared to the possibility of more Succession-style 'hi-jinks' with siblings refusing to commit to a unified strategy even for their own selfish interests.
Generally in M&A, exclusivity officially starts when the Letter of Intent is signed.
Based on these briefings, I'd imagine Jassim has won it (hence "negotiating exclusivity"), but they still need to finalize the LOI and get it signed before it can be official.
Based on these briefings, I'd imagine Jassim has won it (hence "negotiating exclusivity"), but they still need to finalize the LOI and get it signed before it can be official.
But what happened to the final take it or leave it qatari offer last week? What they negotiating now??
No you were responding to someone that tried to answer your question about Chelsea
When you put on the Kandora and Ghutra you just can read minds apparently.
Man Utd players soon:
The guy on the far left before he was introduced to Emi Martinez.
Yup. Like you go to talk shit to a Liverpool fan after beating them - except now they just say "yeah well you're an oil club and have unlimited funds to do this so are you really happy"... You can't even respond to it. The whole social element of football, being proud to win, fighting your corner etc is all in the dust now. It's just like a private thing I'll keep to myself now basically.
Until exclusivity is granted then Shareholders are legally obligated to consider every bid thats put on the table.
It’s why all the stage 1 / stage 2 nonsense etc was absolute dog shit. Feck me Qatar made two bids after the final bid deadline!
Who's also Jassim Al-Thani by way
So again what is he talking about? Is he privy to anything and how does it compare to any other takeover?
Yep. And a lot of people who got so insulted every time United’s past successes were mentioned (like 10, 15 years ago today, etc.) will do exactly this: repeatedly mention our history and our past successes in order to argue how big and successful United already were pre Qatar and that’s why we can’t be compared to City, PSG, etc. Even if part of it is true, we will moving forward still almost always be put in the same line with them.
I believe Editor in Charge for U.S. M&A at Reuters wouldn't be lending his name to such shenanigans but heck what do I know .
The two audiobooks read by partridge himself (third due this year) and the podcasts are incredible. Pure gold.
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