Ratcliffe remontada?? 
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This is going to be sale of the century stuff - they’re going to make a fecking fortune
they bought us for 790, about 260 was their money and the rest loan secured against the club. They have then taken out about 150 in dividends in the last 10 years so really you can say they have only used about 100m of their money. And now they get at minimum 4 billion for it - after debts are taken out.
From a purely business perspective, it has been a sensational investment.
And not good enough either. We need proper owner this times otherwise things will not improve
Investors want a return. We dont need business men, but football fans
Agreed but investors at £5bn+ may want a lot more than 17m dividends a year.
Well his french club isnt running away with the league after 3yrs of ownership so far. And they have had 4 managers in 3 yrs of owning Nice.
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Rule 1 of this game is start a bidding war. It's pretty much the same as a player transfer on a bigger scale.
Presumably we're just seeing the public facing element of that. Ratcliffe says they're asking too much. The press are claiming Dubai are interested. Sounds very familiar to seasoned muppets.
Presumably we're just seeing the public facing element of that. Ratcliffe says they're asking too much. The press are claiming Dubai are interested. Sounds very familiar to seasoned muppets.
If the new owner can clear the debts and let the right people run the club completely self supplied financially, I will be very happy.
Ratcliffe said not too long ago the Glazers told him United weren’t for sale. That’s looking like one huge smokescreen right around now.
wouldn’t be surprised if his bid is well down the road already.
wouldn’t be surprised if his bid is well down the road already.
That's the spirit.
Renovate OT and bring it into the modern era, improve the training ground and infrastructure for the youth and women's team, make the men's team competitive on all fronts. All those things will increase the value of the club and the TV deal hasn't appreciated yet either.
Time to build that bonfire.
I’d take the Middle East investment ahead of some American halfwit like Boehly.
If Ratcliffe is making the bid I would say he is coming with a consortium to back him up. Plus the company he owns is worth quite a bit.
Interesting few months ahead for sure... think this should be the most important United thread on the Caf for everyone since the Glazers first came in!!
Interesting few months ahead for sure... think this should be the most important United thread on the Caf for everyone since the Glazers first came in!!
Day light robbery.
This is good news. I want bidders to become public asap to speed the process up, assuming it ends with good ownership
I for one welcome our new INEOS overlord.
Atleast your consistent, some are picking which state they'll like and which they don't.
Has anyone said "dreams can't be Dubai" yet?
who is ruling him out? glazers are selling to the highest bidder they don’t give af
Look at Nice. Three years of ownership by Ratcliffe.
On their 4th manager and in 9th place in the french League.
You don't get to be that rich without violating human rights along the way.
And its a monarchy, not a dictatorship. And they were installed by the democratic govt that britishers voted in.
Everyone has something in their past that they ought to hide.
It will be a consortium with him at the helm as reported
Haha, hallelujah. And now I see Jim Ratcliffe might be involved. Please Christ. I think I have to get alcohol!Welcome to morning after the night before!
Yuck.
We are fecked if it's Ratcliffe. More Glazer, but at least he will be dead before long, so it won't be 17 years. Probably. You have to be delusional to think he gives a shit about this club. The man literally wanted to buy Chelsea.
What? So he’s going to saddle the club with debt, invest little and take out dividends?
Let’s not WUM eh. This is quite important to true United fans.
Utter shite
Taking over Nice in Ligue 1 who are competing with much bigger and richer clubs would require insane investment. We become instantly profitable the moment the debt is clepared
The CEO at Nice is sir Jim’s brother, Bob Ratcliffe. There is nothing to say that SJR has anything to do directly with the running of OGC Nice. He could just be the wealthy backer.
Some of you lot defy logic.
17 years of being leached on by the Glazers, it looks like they are finally going and now you shit on the only local investor looking to buy us saying “British Glazer”
The lack of insight is astonishing
17 years of being leached on by the Glazers, it looks like they are finally going and now you shit on the only local investor looking to buy us saying “British Glazer”
The lack of insight is astonishing
Indeed it could not be worse than the Glazers from a football point of view. But it's not exactly a beauty contest either, let's face it. There are very few nice billionaires.
You’re not fitting the narrative so your comment will be dismissed by the anti Jim brigade.
So what are you hoping for here, exactly?
What the actual feck are you on about for christ sakes?
That reads like something out of Glazernomics. Business before Passion?!?!?
Ratcliffe is not the man for us. Look at how well Nice are getting on.
How dare you question my quality of being a Man Utd fan.
It’s the caf , never underestimate the lack of intelligence on here.
but but but dubai
I’ll question what I want when you make silly, sweeping statements like that about something so important to many.
So what would being owned by Dubai mean for us ... How are they compared to Saudis taking over Newcastle, Abu Dhabi owning City (which is basically just UAE, so how would just their main city own United now?), Qatar owning PSG, etc.
Is it a sports washing project? Are they more progressive than the other middle eastern nations? Is it a case of being state owned that's ultimately the issue more than the values of the people behind the money? Just makes it a lack of competitiveness because of ~infinite money?
Hoping some Arabs price Ratcliffe out. I don't want American Glazers swapped for Brexit Glazers.
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