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Club Sale | It’s done!
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Qatar, what could have been
I feel sick to my stomach, we had a once in a lifetime opportunity to be owned by some of the richest people on the planet.
It could have been a fast track to the best of everything...stadium, training faiclities, squad, staff etc.
Instead we now have "local lad" Jim who probably has a 10+ year plan which isnt certain to suceed, all while our rivals keep getting better.
The worst part is, Qatar will now likely buy a rival club, do a newcastle with them and thats one more team we have to compete with for a top four place, let alone a title.
This isnt to blame any of the fans, it was out of our hands - but it's all just very fecking depressing.
It could have been a fast track to the best of everything...stadium, training faiclities, squad, staff etc.
Instead we now have "local lad" Jim who probably has a 10+ year plan which isnt certain to suceed, all while our rivals keep getting better.
The worst part is, Qatar will now likely buy a rival club, do a newcastle with them and thats one more team we have to compete with for a top four place, let alone a title.
This isnt to blame any of the fans, it was out of our hands - but it's all just very fecking depressing.
Ambivalent
though I remain interested to see how they sort the structure and whether it’s successful
though I remain interested to see how they sort the structure and whether it’s successful
Banter aside - i accept any sort of investment at this stage mate. The club is hitting a new low by the day. 1/5 food quality. Manchester United!
at this stage having some sort of investment, though not enough to have a full overhaul, is better than nothing. Steps in the right direction given there has been no investment in the football club for years.
Pleased something is finally happening and excited to see how the football shake up will manifest. No doubt it'll be the summer before we see any discernable changes in recruitment strategy but hopefully we'll get the necessary back room staff in place very quickly to facilitate that happening
Im happy with the footballing change. Surely it can’t get worse than we had with first Woodward then the clowns who are there now but everything else looks worse case scenario for me
Skeptical is an understatement I’ve had to turn sky sports news off I’m fuming.
The guy is knows for making investments then just plodding along, he’s delighted with his 25% believe me.
Remember when people said he’s definitely got a deal to buy it in 2-5 years and they laughed at us who said that was nonsense
Your presumption is correct. They have to accept his tender offer, which they would be stupid not to do since it comes at a significant premium to the share price.
I do because I was one of the sceptics
The beginning of the end of Glazer ownership. The first dilution in 18 years. A great, great day. Unfortunately this place is full of instant gratification, petro state apologist children. Some people can find the negative in anything.
I don't think so, but I was just pointing out that there is additional investment already from day 1, on top of the 25% stake.
Ratcliffe out
That’s fair let’s say we build the best training facility possible thats a good start but where does the stadium money come from? It needs addressing and Jim ain’t paying for it with his measly 25%
No more excuses now,
if leicester city can do it, why can’t we?
obviously it would’ve been easier having Sheikh Jassim take control of the club and invest in absolutely everything from day one, but this did not happen and is now a fact of life. The way i see it now is that having someone other than the Glazers take charge of the football operations is a dream come true. Let’s hope for the best
Absolutely. Imagine coming in with only 300 million.
Guy is not serious. Green and gold until Ratcliffe folds.
If the B shares no longer convert, what's stopping him (or somebody else) from purchasing the other Glazer siblings' shares and attaining majority control that way? Joel and Avram seem to be the only ones who actually want to stick around after all.
Fresh lick of paint on the recent lick of paint?
So glad it isnt Qatar.
Hahahaha this is brilliant.
I’m indifferent to this news. Yeeey the glazers are on their way out…apparently
But it’s taken over 12 months to acquire 25%
they’ll hang in for as long as possible…continue to take money…and blame SJR if/when the football side remains as shit as it has been.
The only hope I have is that a proper structure is put in place. With each and everyone all with the same goal, same idea of playing style and targets all being fed in to ETH not to pick and choose who he wants, but to at least have some say from a shortlist of recommended players.
the 300m further invest for infrastructure won’t touch the sides. new stadium please
Frankly, today, after the shit show on Saturday it’s quite hard to get instant excitement from this. If it works, it will take time and I’ve just lost all trust in this club to do things that work.
I’m all for giving it a chance but we’ve had so many structural changes in recent times that it makes me think there’s more to it. Unless who we’ve had previously have just been so unbelievably terrible at their jobs??!…which again smacks of incompetence and removes more trust that we even know how to do the right thing
think what I’m trying to say is…McT is shit and if the new structure can’t identify this (if they haven’t already) and accept any low ball offer we might get…then around and around and around and around we go
So rich they couldn't afford to buy the club.
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All i can say is that I hope you are wrong. I’m sure you wish that too. Time will tell, let’s hope at least
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Over the moon this is finally done.
Sporting control has been wrested from the Glazers, at long last.
And we haven't become a pointless, soulless sportswashing club like Newcastle/Man City.
Here's to Sir Jim.
Sporting control has been wrested from the Glazers, at long last.
And we haven't become a pointless, soulless sportswashing club like Newcastle/Man City.
Here's to Sir Jim.
Glazers really gave Jimbo a spanking in the negotiations. Absolutely nothing to see here, they will just let their new employee take the blame for the next few few windows
I am not optimistic
Thank God it's not Qatar.
Good, I'm happy. If you're not happy then you're just a grumpy cnut looking for something else to moan about like you usually do. Like me moaning about the moaners, except my moans are based in reality and not the hellish fantasy some of you like to conjure up in your sad little heads.
I won't be responding to replies. Merry fecking Christmas. I jest - feck the Glazers.
I won't be responding to replies. Merry fecking Christmas. I jest - feck the Glazers.
So no deal for Ratcliffe to buy out the Glazers completely, Glazers still in control of the purse strings and bleeding the club dry with debt repayments and dividends, club still hugely in debt, stadium still falling apart with barely enough money to patch it up let alone rebuild, cycling coach with dodgy history in charge of footballing operations. Merry fecking christmas.
Take your blinkers off and look at the deal seriously. Beginning of the end of nothing the Glazers are going nowhere.
25% stake…
Debt remains
300m for a coat of paint at OT
It’s laughable honestly
Google how much Jim took out of Mercedes F1 in dividends on the last year whilst your at it
Great. Now let’s see some structural changes in the football side of things.
I gave Goldbridge a listen and he's back to peddling subtle lies on his channel insinuating Ratcliffe won't get a majority. What a shit
25%, no roadmap for getting rid of Glazers, investment of $300m.
The only objectively good thing about this deal is that football decisions are taken out of the hands of the Glazers, but other than that it seems like the Glazers are here to stay indefinitely, at least Joel and Avram who were reluctant sellers from the beginning.
The only objectively good thing about this deal is that football decisions are taken out of the hands of the Glazers, but other than that it seems like the Glazers are here to stay indefinitely, at least Joel and Avram who were reluctant sellers from the beginning.
We don't know about dividends either.
Well it's true there is no agreement on that currently which we got lied to about.
Jassim in at the back post in injury time?
So that seems good news if that is really true. Maybe that’s the pad laid out to majority shares. He can buy more shares from whoever wants to sell. Siblings can make up their own minds what they want to do.
Local lad buys local club with funds from personal company based in local offshore tax haven. Putting the Isle of Man back into Manchester United.
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