Club Sale | It’s done!

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Sadly the article / interview itself [on CaughtOffside] doesn't involve him taking any stance or making a bold statement, he gives a sense that it's hard to actually get an idea of what's happening and that actors are keeping things secret. He essentially maintains the 'I know very little' stance but alludes to the very basic fact that 'things seem to be happening'. It doesn't feel like he's giving voice to any fresh developments at all unfortunately.
Can you delete your reply so I can forget I read it? That update disappoints me highly.
 
Like clockwork:

Lose a match, new PR that the sale is happening. Fizzles out for the next week or 2. Then we lose again. Rinse and repeat.
 
Romano using takeover news for additional clicks/attention now his main bread and butter the transfer window is closed doesnt surprise me in the slightest. Cant fault the man he plays it pretty smart considering the amount of people that hang on his every word.
 
And in Breaking News The Glazers might have a preferred bidder by 2036 but might still be mulling over what to say to the supporters by then or maybe not.
 
We always have this pattern under the Glazers. We get a new manager in. Win the top 4 cup. Our fans get giddy and start talking about the possibility of a league title. The Glazers get erections because CL money pouring in for one season. We then start said new season like a snail, drawing and losing a load of matches. The online fanbase then call for manager and Rashford to be sacked. Rinse, repeat. It’s like fecking Groundhog Day at Utd.

I would love owners who had a vision and a strategy. Our club is a mish mash of random people with different ideas. We still let every manager sign who who wants and have too much power without a modern structure above him.

Everything needs tearing up and when Qatar inevitably buy us, we need to start again with a new stadium, new facilities and an actual plan.
 
Theoretically, if they are staying, there's never been a worse time to announce it.

With more leaks supposedly coming and no signs of things improving on the pitch (mainly down to a ridiculous amount of injuries), surely the backlash will only get worse each passing week.

I hope their hand is forced soon.
 
We always have this pattern under the Glazers. We get a new manager in. Win the top 4 cup. Our fans get giddy and start talking about the possibility of a league title. The Glazers get erections because CL money pouring in for one season. We then start said new season like a snail, drawing and losing a load of matches. The online fanbase then call for manager and Rashford to be sacked. Rinse, repeat. It’s like fecking Groundhog Day at Utd.

I would love owners who had a vision and a strategy. Our club is a mish mash of random people with different ideas. We still let every manager sign who who wants and have too much power without a modern structure above him.

Everything needs tearing up and when Qatar inevitably buy us, we need to start again with a new stadium, new facilities and an actual plan.

I agree with everything you said, but why are you sure that Qatar will buy us? Where does that conclusion come from?
 
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So as we head towards the end of September the Bloomberg journalist comes up with this? Captain hindsight in action.
 
If we can weather this storm.. better yet, this Cat. 5 hurricane of bullshit that we have been dealing with over the last several seasons there are brighter days ahead.

Imagine a United with the following:
1) a season with no player (s) with pending rape and abuse allegations
2) a active player list that is longer than our injury list
3) players not holding us to ransom (looking at you Harry!)
4) a transfer window that is actually completed before the deadline so that we dont have to wait weeks or months for our signings to show up and play
5) fecking owners that dont suck the life out of the stadium and fans
6) plans for a stadium rebuild or some much needed repairs


ETH has had to deal with so much extra bullshit... Ronaldo, Sancho, Harry and his non playing ass, Lindgard and his bullshit, Greenwood and Antony.... its enough to drive any manager crazy!
Better days are ahead!
 
I know it’s already been posted but I like the look of this tweet more. The lovely colours and bullet points give us hope. At this point I couldn’t give a shit if it’s fake news or not. This is the only positivity I have. This is all I have to work with. I’m on my knees.

 
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Hellier stated that he's been told "announcement Friday" many many times already from those doing the deal on Jassim's side - that I would assume would be the Bank of America executives. So the expectation from that side has been that it's going to be done for a while. He seemed pretty confident today that it will definitely be done at least by Christmas but potentially in a few weeks.
 
It feels longer than it is because we told the 'first quater', whether that was ever the logical meaning of the term, as in the end of March, or the end of May or even June as some would endlessly argue about, is all pretty irrelevent now.

If only the worst case scenario of the timescales had been true then we'd be pretty much there by now.
 
If we can weather this storm.. better yet, this Cat. 5 hurricane of bullshit that we have been dealing with over the last several seasons there are brighter days ahead.

Imagine a United with the following:
1) a season with no player (s) with pending rape and abuse allegations
2) a active player list that is longer than our injury list
3) players not holding us to ransom (looking at you Harry!)
4) a transfer window that is actually completed before the deadline so that we dont have to wait weeks or months for our signings to show up and play
5) fecking owners that dont suck the life out of the stadium and fans
6) plans for a stadium rebuild or some much needed repairs


ETH has had to deal with so much extra bullshit... Ronaldo, Sancho, Harry and his non playing ass, Lindgard and his bullshit, Greenwood and Antony.... its enough to drive any manager crazy!
Better days are ahead!

In fairness, a Qatari state bid will be like this:

1) Qatari state approved sponsorship on everything, from the jerseys to the stadium's name after they rebuild it.

2) Marquee signings of famous names, even if the manager does not want them. This will have more to do with Point 1 than anything else.

3) Ex-players given executive roles with which they have little real authority past telling the MEN how great Jassim and Qatar is. The real executive decisions will be taken by Qatar's approved circle.

4) United to make greater signals towards LGBTQ/ending violence against women/social causes. This is not for any benevolent reason. It is to disingenuously claim Qatar is somehow 'tolerant' of other beliefs, when the reality is, of course, completely different. Ex-players will be crucial in promoting this 'message'.

5) A world-class training facility and improved academy. Of course, 99 percent of graduates will play once or twice for United, but be sold for top dollar, just like at city to balance out FFP.

6) The gentrification of working areas in the city, with the implementation of unaffordable high-rise buildings. The UAE may kick off about this, mind.

7) Pro-Qatar commentators becoming aggressive about anyone pointing out the various human rights abuses of Qatar's dictatorship. Expect the like of Gary Neville to field these.

That's it really. The club can't really dominate like it used to die to the intense funding of other clubs, so we'll win slightly more trophies to hoist in the BeIn Sports Bowl.

Meanwhile, the Glazers will pocket billions for sweet FA. Woodward 14 million.

As depressing as our current league form.
 
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Don't know who David Hellyer is but I've always rated him
He's a Chelsea fan, I think. He was reporting on their takeover and seems to clued about these sports transactions. Definitely does not sound like a clown.

He did an interview with Flex from UV before the end of last season and was fairly level-headed about it.

 
He's a Chelsea fan, I think. He was reporting on their takeover and seems to clued about these sports transactions. Definitely does not sound like a clown.

He did an interview with Flex from UV before the end of last season and was fairly level-headed about it.


Bloomberg journalist so certainly credible.
 
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