Whats wrong with Butt?
This sorry lot laughing all the way to the bank. Phil apart they're all weirdos.
Club Sale | It’s done!
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) look forward to a new life under Ruben Amorim. What system will we be playing? What players will impress? and how will it all go? We also say goodbye to Ruud Van Nistelrooy and review United's 3-0 win at home against Leicester City.
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feck me, now I'm confused. I found the other bloke with a similar name and that's QIB chairman, and indeed it's a different dude. Where's that original statement?
It's me Ratcliffe! It was me all along, Ratcliffe!
Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, it's going to cost a fecking fortune to get that on the back of the shirt, FFS!
Yes yes yes!
It’s 4.5bn Euros and assume they will also clear the existing debt which is approx 0.5bn. So technically, they value us at 5.5bn USD.
If you really think from an investor side, there is an immediate need to commit another 2BN on stadium and facilities unlike Spurs, Arsenal, Pool who either already have best in class facilities or have done redevelopment over last few years…
Not that couple of billion $ will matter to Qataris but I think purely from financials and need to invest 2bn, it’s a fair bid. I am sure they will increase as things progress.
If you really think from an investor side, there is an immediate need to commit another 2BN on stadium and facilities unlike Spurs, Arsenal, Pool who either already have best in class facilities or have done redevelopment over last few years…
Not that couple of billion $ will matter to Qataris but I think purely from financials and need to invest 2bn, it’s a fair bid. I am sure they will increase as things progress.
There were some domestic abuse allegations a few years back I think. I don’t know if anything came of it though.
Beat up his wife.
Funny how all these bidders are lifelong united fans. Don't remember them throwing money into the red knights campaign when they tried to get rid of the Glazers
What has any of this got to do with Donny?
Don't even have to break the rules or cheat. I would say right now we have an idea of the type of player we can attract. Yes, our current owners are leeches and that takes away some of the buying power/wage bill. But if a couple years from now we're in for the likes of Mbappe and win titles with them, it will be because of the budget increase from the deep pockets of the owners. Basically buying championships. Thats my worry.
How many more times am I going to read this kind of stuff here?
Let me explain:
Man City was a nothing club. They didn't make money because they only had like 5 fans worldwide. So it took a huge amount of investment to put them on the map. It could have been Huddersfield or Coventry. They also play in a shite shade of blue and have the same amount of fans as Man City.
Clubs like Barca, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Bayern and, yes, Manchester United are already established. We already have billions of fans worldwide. We just need someone to stop taking money OUT of the club every year in the form of dividends, as the Glazers do.
Man City are in deep trouble because allegedly, they have committed fraud. They had to resort to 'creative accounting' due to their huge expenditure. In reality, City's real sponsor Pukka Pies or whoever was probably paying them £1000 a year sponsorship, so again, City suits had to get creative when it came to their end-of-financial-year reports. Man City invented companies which 'pretended' to sponsor them. But these companies didn't exist.
United won't have to do that. We already have millions of fans in China, South Korea, Australia and the like.
Nothing mate. We're all free to make our own choices.
Yeah, I'm coming around to figuring it out.
Jassim Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber AI Thani -- QIB chairman
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Jassim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani -- former Crown Prince
So which one of them is ahead of the bid?
The Brits used to do that a few decades ago.
Think itl be two separate transactions.
I’m already fecking confused about the name.
That’s the one. He’s the son of a former minister. I mean in reality he’s been chosen to front the bid - we all know this is state backed. I imagine he’s been chosen due to being a huge United fan and not having family ties to the royal family.
Utd will never get a bigger opportunity to break new ground on a scale beyond anything we have seen, you suspect they would become something like the harlem globetrotters on the pitch, the potential of the club with Qatar as owners is off the charts, on and off the pitch, and we can either embrace change for the better or be left behind.
Thing is, the Glazers will just take the highest bid. If some American hedge fund planning to mortgage us to the hIlt offers a pound more, they’ll accept that.
So who is this guy then? Is he related to the Emir?
What's his net worth? Or his family's net worth? Is he a sole owner or are other also funding the bid?
Cat-are
Can't we just call them The Thanis?
I respect your position, but I have to admit I can’t understand it. There is nothing that any ownership group could do that would stop me being a United supporter. The Saudis could install beheading rooms at Old Trafford and I would hate their regime even more than I hate the Glazers, and I would protest against them whenever possible, but I would still support United, as I have done for more than 50 years.
The soul of the club belongs to the fans and not to the Glazers or the Qataris or whoever does buy them.
Brits did a lot of stuff few decades ago to be honest
Oil me up
Been dreaming of a day we get bought out from the fecking Glazing for years
Been dreaming of a day we get bought out from the fecking Glazing for years
It's the first one, I think. His nickname is HBJ and he's actually quite old. He basically was PM for about 20 years until his bro gave power to his son (so this guy's nephew) and then he lost influence got binned off.
The QIB chairman. I think.
till the end of the season…..?
I read the thing again... It is the brother of the former Emir, confusing as all hell.
A few decades ago Cantona was playing for United. Don’t think we were throwing gay people in jail then.
As I mentioned to another person who replied, yes, our current owners are leeches which affects our wage bill potential or buying potential. But there is a difference between getting some tier B player we may have missed out on otherwise, and getting all tier A players that we previously would have been unable to afford even without Glazer ownership. I'm not sure where that line is, but there is a line where its buying championships as opposed to just letting the team fund itself.
Yep, seems like you guys are probably right (and my previous posts talking about the crown prince are wrong).
Those pro the Qatar bid should be offended though, they didn't even put one of their top guys as the front man!
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