This Qatari story is giving off all the right signals too. They are talking about the stadium update, they are talking about fan engagement in the coming weeks, lets see if any of it is true. Remember when the Glazers said they would be holding those fan forums after the SL fiasco and they held maybe one or two?
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Us getting better under Ten Hag has made me dread this even more.
Whataboutism is the natural defense mechanism.
Nothing to dread.
Ineos are likely the only interested party in reality at the prices quoted for a full sale
Therefore they can only drive the price up by leaking competition that probably doesn’t exist
His personal wealth is his family's and, therefore, his country's wealth. If he's getting involved, then the Qatari state is definitely getting involved. It's why I don't think this private investment group will involve him.
That says more about Pep than owners to be honest. Owners can only pump money.
Based on what?
Name a single case where sugar daddy oil owners kept the manager at a big club.
They’re the only ones who have confirmed their interest
We get owned by any of them oil states and 7 years from now we'll get dragged down the same mud the city cnuts are in now. Don't trust them for shits. They'll stain the club with their filth. It is a very sad fact that it's looking close to really happening.
No other situation has been like this one. This is the first time an actual big club will be bought by these people. It’s quite obvious the right manager is in place. It’s discussed in the article that they aware of the current climate and mood amongst fans etc.
So you think the only ones who confirmed interest publically are the only ones interested?
That’s because they’ve always had to level up from the low level they were bought at
It seems that info has been relayed to him by Qatari sources because there's a lot of detail in his article and it includes the obligatory fan whooing stuff like 'money to take Utd to the top' and '...is a Utd fan' etc.
The dismissal of everything as ‘whataboutism’ is the foundation of hypocrisy. It just says ‘I can apply morality as and when I choose, but you cannot.’
Sure sounds like a standup fella
A process which Raine group aims to complete this quarter
Pep Guardiola is a decent manager (but I'd be a decent manager with prime Lionel Messi in my team!). I think we are seeing recently that without a strong assistant manager (e.g. Mikel Arteta) he is prone to making weird decisions - the team setup vs Spurs on Sunday for example, and when he did get City to a CL final he decided to 'experiment' when if he had stuck to the system and the players that had got them there, he would have probably won it.
Qatar, Beckham, Messi ,Inter Miami -
Messi would sign for United for an year and then move to MLS ?
Messi would sign for United for an year and then move to MLS ?
Perhaps. This isn't his first exclusive about United's sale, though, which makes me think that he might have someone in the Raine Group or in touch with United, somehow. Ben Jacobs and Adam Crafton both, however, have Qatari sources, so they'll offer a more Qatari perspective.
Surely that’s a European problem and not an English one? I’m seeing City buy clubs all over Europe that they could theoretically meet in Europe.
In fact wasn’t there a problem with Chelsea and a Dutch club where they wanted the Dutch club not to qualify for Europe?
A sugar daddy hasn’t bought Real Madrid that’s why. They buy no marks and try and turn them into Real Madrid. Not to mention, Manchester United sack manager already if they are displeased with them, it’s not a concept introduced by Arabs. We’ve had 4 people in the hotseat in the last 18 months.
If he is so big on supporting the local, why didnt he buy Oldham Athletic?
I think it might. There isn’t that much liquidity on United’s stock.
Not the same guy, babe
The last part just sounds like standard PR
I want to be optimistic, but I get the feeling that some of you pro oil are just assuming that they will make the correct and most sensible decisions all the time.
Because he's a cnut.
Yeah there’s ways around it. See Red Bull, sorry, FC Salzburg and RB Leipzig.
so you think one person wants United at 5bn after more than a dozen wanted Chelsea for a few bill? That seems… unlikely
Ten Hag isn't fecking Mark Hughes or Steve Bruce. The new owners will be fully behind him as it's clear he's building something promising.
They put things in place to make sure they do well. PSG a slight exception maybe but I think it’s just because that league is so weak it’s hard to build something truly resilient to the pressures of the CL.
One thing that I think is overlooked is that United being successful with rich owners carries very different connotations to City or Burnley becoming CL winners with rich owners. The perception is very different. We are old money. Nobody would say Real Madrid success is tainted if they had a sugar daddy. They are supposed to win. It’s more of a taking point with City because of how fecking ‘unnatural’ it seems to everyone.
There is no such thing as a perfect utopian owner.
Just want someone who has the clubs best interests at heart.
Just want someone who has the clubs best interests at heart.
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