Telsim
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There is heavy interest from Qatar in having some kind of stake in the Premier League and it is fairly obvious Manchester United is a prestigious purchase.
However, Uefa regulations prevent Qatari Sports Investments doing a deal because they also own Paris St-Germain.
The big question is whether the move could come through the Qatar Investment Authority or any other investment fund, or whether that would be regarded as being too close to QSI.
UEFA have allowed RB Leipzig and RB Salzburg in the same competition at the same time - they played against each other in the Europa League in 2018 - so there is some kind of precedent.
However, no bid has been made yet.
The Raine Group, who are handling the potential sale of United by the Glazer family, want to narrow the process down this month before concluding business in March.
Time will tell whether they hit those deadlines.
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You guys are after the Fred threadCannot leave quick enough
And now suddenly the Qatar interest isn’t ‘private individuals‘ any more?So it seems that Jacobs, Stone and Crafton have in some way been briefed by the Qataris (QIA) to distance themselves from (QSI) as they own PSG and cant buy us directly.
You're all panicking for absolutely no reason. This is still absolutely on.
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And now suddenly the Qatar interest isn’t ‘private individuals‘ any more?
Ben Jacobs I believe worked in Qatar for 5 years and has worked with Nasser.One guy says its a subsidiary and the other guy says its not affiliated
journalists..who to believe
It's patently obvious that nobody has a clue what is going on or who is interested in buying the club. We've had reports today from The Mail, The Telegraph, The BBC and The Guardian, that simply do not tally (and in some cases completely contradict) each other. I suspect that games are afoot behind the scenes and pressure is being applied where needed to try to drive the price up.
So it seems that Jacobs, Stone and Crafton have in some way been briefed by the Qataris (QIA) to distance themselves from (QSI) as they own PSG and cant buy us directly.
You're all panicking for absolutely no reason. This is still absolutely on.
Don't think he is. He worked in Qatar for 5 years and the ME. Worked as a senior journalist for Bein tooHe’s utterly rubbish as a source
So who's richer? QIA or QSI?
Was listening to Football Terrace and they visited Ben out in Qatar. Apparently he worked with the man who runs or owns the group who own PSG for several years to the point he’s even friendly with his childrenHe’s utterly rubbish as a source
Do not tally how?
What I've gathered from all the reports is that, QSI will not be involved. Mainly because of their involvement with PSG. However, other people from Qatar are the ones looking to buy the club, so no conflict of interest with PSG.
The Mail say that wealthy private individuals (ie not QIA or QSI) want to buy United. The BBC say that actually QIA do want to buy the club, but that they have to work out if it conflicts with QSI's ownership of PSG. Sky say that QIA and QSI are both interested, but neither of them want a full takeover, only minority investment. Jamie Jackson (The Guardian) says that the bloody Emir of Qatar (Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani) personally wants to buy the club. The Telegraph are running with "mystery Arabic group".
It's a total mess. They don't have a clue.
100 pounds for the GlazersHow much?
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To be fair the Mail seem weirdly confident about their story and were the first to push it. Seems the rest is noise to make it their own behind that so it’s not obvious homework copying.The Mail say that wealthy private individuals (ie not QIA or QSI) want to buy United. The BBC say that actually QIA do want to buy the club, but that they have to work out if it conflicts with QSI's ownership of PSG. Sky say that QIA and QSI are both interested, but neither of them want a full takeover, only minority investment. Jamie Jackson (The Guardian) says that the bloody Emir of Qatar (Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani) personally wants to buy the club. The Telegraph are running with "mystery Arabic group".
It's a total mess. They don't have a clue.
Thats the most important news really.He seems very confident. The share price surge was a bit insane to be fair.
Thats the most important news really.
All the press conjecture is just aiming for clicks, pissing in the wind most of them.
Something serious has obviously happened though, just like the last time the shares shot up - that was before a sale was announced.