Avram and Joel obviously don't want to sell up, but the money isn't there anymore. No potential investor with any sense will trust the Glazer's management of the club and will want full control themselves.
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I do hope their hand is forced but I really don’t want to get my hopes up so I’m going to prepare for disappointment that they will find someone out there to invest with them.
Yeah, I'm not prepared for how crushing that would be.
What a crappy consolation prize that is!
A bit like Bullseye back in the day “let’s see what you could have won! Oh it’s an Austin Metro, bad luck Nevermind!”
Always cracked me up when they won the main prize and it’d be a speedboat yet the winners lived in Birmingham with no water around them
Just finished watching The war on football miniseries and it just saddens me to see this club being dragged into all the shady shit Agnelli and Perez were coming up with.
The sooner the lot goes the better.
The sooner the lot goes the better.
Over the months I've gone from delight over the departure of the Glazers to a sudden feeling of dread of what is to come.
I’m starting to wonder if the Glazers will actually sell, it’s been a while now since the release of any positive news. Get the impression they want to hang on and just attract outside investment.
Unless you are freak like Elon Musk, there are substantial steps to go through and it takes time….
Just relax and let the process unfold
Just relax and let the process unfold
If there is nothing new to report, why have you littered the post with several tweets?
If, say, Unilever was “up for sale”, you wouldn’t be getting news of bidders getting tweeted or published on a daily basis, even on CNBC or elsewhere. There are bigger sales and transactions than MUFC going on all the time, and most serious “bidders” keep quiet.
Iiiinnnnn 10th…….
Noticed today that Ineos have a sponsorship deal with Tottenham
Wouldn’t that be a conflict of interest if they do buy United?
Wouldn’t that be a conflict of interest if they do buy United?
Nope,
Qatar own PSG but have sponsorship deals in various forms with many other clubs. Nobody brings up Emirates and their sponsorship of Arsenal when they mention Dubai potentially buying us.
Don't worry about that. If Ineos bought us and Spurs bottle it to do us a favour then no one would notice that.
I wonder if Ceferin orchestrated Juve's latest investigation and Agnelli's downfall. Show of strength and power within the UEFA community.
I think this shouldn't be a conditional sentence. Perhaps the word "when" is more realistic...
It's a bit worrying that the only person to come out and admit they're interested is Ratcliffe. I'm sure there will be many offers tabled, so why are the others so quiet? Or is this what I fear the most...? A Ratcliffe PR stunt...
Fair enough
Don’t worry, billionaires don’t usually state their intent to spend billions on a company in a takeover. It doesn’t make sense to tell everyone what you’re trying to buy.
Wouldn't surprise me one bit, he was stabbed in the back pretty hard. Payback is a bitch.
I think they would worry about that should they purchase United
The only thing I disagree with the mini-series is the genesis of the money in football and the influx of petro-dollar owners. They didn't go back far enough.
Like anything it's a combo of factors -- FIFA commercialisation of the world cup in the early 80s showed that the sport is highly underappreciated commercially.
But also the Taylor commission forced clubs to reform and seek new multiple revenue streams. They couldn't afford the required changes and clubs couldn't be sustainable under those set of changes, all things remaining equal.
And what formed the Taylor Commission? The very reason why the sport was so popular? Tribalism.
Two sides to every coin. And yet the same attribute.
That's why I have given up on the judging the morality of potential owners and the unintended consquences. It's part of the de/evolutionary stages of the sport -- the trigger points started nearly 40 yrs ago.
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Hoping for some more credible news next week, or maybe even this week. I think the time of knowing who our potential owners are going to be, is fast approaching.
Rehashing old news. Low official interest and the reason being the high price. No other bidders other than Ratcliffe, who won't overpay. Crystal Palace owners and Qatari interested in minority stake.
That sounds grim. Hopefully the rumours of official bids being submitted this week are true and we’ll start hearing about more potential buyers.
Yeah hoping for some news on bids this week, I think the reliable people said mid feb wed see bids come in, so no panic even if it does not leak out this week.
Still on track for Q1 sale.
Need some dirty IKN news to tide us over, any links?
Still on track for Q1 sale.
Need some dirty IKN news to tide us over, any links?
There’s absolutely nothing in (boring) Matt Slater’s piece. He’s got no news so pretends there’s nothing happening. Perhaps there is nothing happening, but Slater doesn’t know either way.
I'd be happy if Sir Jim got it for the sole reason of making the Glazers pigsick with a measley 4b
No surprise. There has been very little reporting supporting the idea that an auction is going on.
Besides one report from the gulf some months ago, as well as the Saudi sports minister making some throwaway remarks, no credible information has surfaced about rivals to Ineos.
I am not an expert but it kinda feels like a one horse race: Ineos or nothing. It's up to the Glazers whether they will drop their unrealistic asking price or, just accept reality, sell at a suitable price and bank their profit.
As expected, really. None of the nation states mooted as potential buyers by transfer obsessives on twitter, make very much sense. That's a good thing. People pissing their pants laughing at City in the FFP thread, suggesting that their league titles (assuming they are allowed to keep them) will forever be asterisked, would do well to remember that United will be in exactly the same position a few years down the line if the Saudis/Qatar/Dubai (pick your favourite oil funded autocracy), buy the club.
We just need some clarification and stability right now. At this point I’d settle for Sir Jim taking over, even though we might not have as much money to spend as under a sheik or consortium. As far as the Glazers are concerned, I wouldn’t put them past them to try and cling on for as long as possible unfortunately.
Will today's announcement about City have any effect on the Glazers (& FSG) decision to consider selling, or put potential buyers off?
The decision by the Premier League to charge City with these financial regulation offences and the impending (although now delayed) announcement regarding the independent regulator will probably serve to put off nation states or nefarious individuals from investing, while at the same time encouraging investment from other individuals/entities who were previously concerned about having to compete with the aforementioned states/crooks.
Basically, football getting its house in order with regards to finance should encourage sensible and sustainable investment.
Manchester United become more appealing. United with good owners are a cheat code...legally!
It’ll affect the fanbase. Someone just allowing us to spend our money instead of oil money will be the overwhelming opinion now.
not having to pump your own money to compete with City could wake a lot of Potential buyers up
Interesting times but doubt it will put off nation states because we generate enough money so owners won't need to resort to dodgy dealings
But will City be actually charged and punished? And will sensible and sustainable investment be actually encouraged?
Might get charged but not properly punished
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