But if he’s all about profit then he would squeeze it from wherever he can. He doesn’t do this with his other sporting ventures so why would that be the case at United?
I wish, he could lend me beer token or two!I'm convinced at this point that @Plant0x84 is either an INEOS employee or related to SJR
What is with all this love to Jim? Because he is a fan so he is great?
Not from middle-east
And you base this on what? Unless of course you think people in ME are incapable to run business privately
Ignorance basically.
It is not just that. He is treated here as some great owner who will do wonders for club and shit. Based on what? Ok, i get why people don't want oil money. But what is the difference between some random American like Boehly, Glazers and Jim? Jim knows business better?
Oil states.
Neither does the private qatari citizens. How is this getting lost on people here that the bid is from private qatari individuals!
Surely it’d be a common knowledge if there was an independent Qatari billionaire capable of spending 6-8 bn? Maybe it is and may be there is one but I haven’t seen any names mentioned yet.
So you prefer another ownership where the main goal is to make profit? Where it is again financed by Wall Street?
What private citizen has like 300 billion wealth ?
He was referring to Sir Jim I assumeSelling to a family of their mates who will take as much money out, without letting us spend anywhere near as much on transfers
A group of them
It’s not love for Jim per-se, but it’s become very hard to have a reasoned and thoughful debate about the future of the club because everybody is losing their minds and twerking for Qatar mega bucks, and not considering the wider impact of each scenario, as if Qataris only English phrase is ‘please, have some more cash!’, all Americans are the devil incarnate only interested in striping the bones of the carcass left by the Glazers and Ratcliffe makes his money by selling drugs to kids and peddling deal fur coats he clubbed himself.
Both have their flaws, but only one party is most likely keen to invest rather than take a profit out (like the Glazers). It is an easy pick, it really is
We generate enough money for us to properly invest in the squad, we don't need to fabricate any sponsorships for that. Any money for upgrades to stadium and other infrastructure is not part of FFP and can come straight from the owners pocket.
There is that too.
Bit of an understatement, no?
Not all Americans, but so far it looks like most will be backed by Investment Banks and see the club as an investment where they want to see a return. Glazers did that before and the club is in deep shit. So unless there is an American who‘s a fan and only wants to invest, I rather go East
I feel the same way, I would rather it be somebody like Ratcliffe, but United under his ownership would not be able to compete financially with City and Newcastle . He probably can come up with the asking price, but won't be able to invest as much money again to fix the damage to the infrastructure that almost 2 decades of neglect by the Glazers have caused. United need a new stadium, new training facilities, the youth set up needs improving and the land around the stadium needs to be developed like it has around City's ground.
Surely you don’t really believe that?
