Everything you say is true, the latter point would be the worst TBH, as this forum clearly shows, most of the fans actually agree on very little between them!
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His company is one of the worst polluters in the country, let alone the world. His money is from oil, gas and petrochemicals, they make the microplastics that bottles/toys etc are made of, e.g. the ones that break down and kill off sea life, they constantly push for fraking and shale gas initiatives aswell. His plants constantly violate emisions standards, the Grangemouth site constantly gets very poor compliance ratings from Scotish Environmental Protection. Not to mention he and his company campaigned for Brexit to get away from EU regulations on Ineos, whilst they quickly shifted their offices to Switzerland and himself to Monaco to avoid tax after that shows what kind of company they are.
The fact that people mostly associated Ineos with the cycling team and various sports they sponsor shows it works though. But it's ok, he's a British Man Utd fan who, lives in Monaca and has a season ticket at Chelsea.
Forest Green say hi.
Whoever we get, i am glad it will be over soon. The most important thing is that we start next season prepared, with transfer budget big enough to buy striker and other players who ETH wants.
Is he the one with PSG inks? Stuff like this could get us in trouble
Not sure but I dont believe the Mirror, even if theyve been pretty good around United ever since Ten Hag came in.
That's the issue here though, we as a collective or individual do not have any choice. We will have to wait and see who takes over and then everyone as an Individual will have to make up their minds what they want. Whether it's to protest against the new owners, carry one as usual, stop supporting United altogether or whatever other course of action/inaction we want to make.
FCUM facilitates anyone that's had enough, so at least for those who choose to uphold their morals and finish with MUFC, there's a club already set up and willing to accept new supporters.
My point is not all opposition fans are the same. I’m happy to take shit from some clubs but not others.
Bayern, one of the wealthiest clubs in the world, a complete mammoth in Germany, being unable to remove a “go to Qatar every year” clause in their sponsorship agreement for over a decade. “Properly run”. And I should lie down and take shit from their fans. Give me a break.
When all is said and done I still expect the most viable offers will be from US consortiums and Glazers will accept whichever one of those suits them the best.
Not to mention them making a mockery of their league and 'rivals' still defending them. It's quite pathetic
I don’t get this logic at all. It will be oil money from the Middle East. Big fat loads of money, it’s all the Glazers care about.
Id forgotten about that one. Thanks.
Yep. Nail on head here really
Eventually every country in the Arabian peninsula will have its own English club.
Qatar - United
UAE - City
Saudi - Newcastle
Yemen - Barnet
Qatar - United
UAE - City
Saudi - Newcastle
Yemen - Barnet
how exactly?
I just want OT redeveloped and continuation of ETH’s ways. We don't need a cheat code.
My dream is that the Glazers take their 6 billion they get for us and buy Liverpool
As my local team I would be interested to see
Disco's tweet says he wants to invest in that
It makes perfect sense, the logic buyers from the Middle East are going to lavish fortunes they don’t need to makes no sense. There is also the fact that any bid from the Middle East will be complicated by ties to the state either directly or indirectly and probably ownership of other clubs.
The most likely scenario is all the bids will be fairly similar in value and a huge factor will be how likely the bid is to go through if it’s accepted.
A US bid backed by known equity funds etc is going to sail through in comparison to a bid from Qatar.
Are Glazers only ones who decide about buyer (accepting a bid)?
Yes.
Lots of talk about sports washing but surely this washing works both ways.
People from these ME countries will also have to be aware that their Royal Families / Sheiks / Heads of State are massively investing in a league that's always promoting gender equality, LGBTQ rights, Anti Racism etc.
People from these ME countries will also have to be aware that their Royal Families / Sheiks / Heads of State are massively investing in a league that's always promoting gender equality, LGBTQ rights, Anti Racism etc.
Going by the other comments, maybe they thought Eric was a woke virtue signalling SJW?
Not fully, there’s still regulators involved who could stop the deal from happening. I can’t see the Premier League being keen on Qataris buying United
Sadly there’s not much we can do other than consider withdrawing our support if the new owner is particularly problematic. I’m not thrilled by Qatari state-ownership although it wouldn’t be such a black and white issue for me as Saudi ownership. Whoever buys United, I just hope that, in relation to the football side, the new owners are hands off (no jokes, please…). We have finally got a good manager and, seemingly, a more coherent transfer and squad management policy, and the last thing we need is ostentatious marquee signings being jetted in to flatter the new owner’s ego. As regards finances, the club is largely self-financing in terms of on-field matters but we do need capital investment to update Old Trafford and Carrington, both of which have been frozen in time since 2005. I think that additional investment need would scupper Radcliffe (unless we take on more debt at a time of rising borrowing rates).
Glazer's will sell to the highest bidder, they couldn't care less what the rest of the package is/what they plan to do with the club. So I do imagine it will probably be someone from the Middle East
It will be the highest offer which will most likely not be a US consortium
Pretty sure the top 10 most expensive sports team purchases in history would all be American investors? I wouldn't rule them out.
Hes implying that the Qatari bid must be real if they are taking the time to quash possibly conflicts on interest in ownership of PSG and United.
have you finally recovered from climbing that sloped pitch they used to play on?
I will eventually be fine with our new Qatari overlords...much better than the private equity leeches circling the club who will inevitably give zero shits about whether United win or lose, as long as they are taking money from the club back to their investors.
And it’s Romano at the back post
It will be the highest offer that is viable which is much more likely to come from the US.
Admins, can I finally get my last like now that so many posters in here will stop watching United and being around here? I don't really mind where the money comes from, I just want the new owners follow all the required rules.
Edit : 2 please .
Edit : 2 please .
Good to see a lot of people coming out with the Qatari news
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