Where does it say that? Nobody's reported that.
It’s implied that Ineos would give Manchester United to pay off the loan by taking out a loan for themselves. United would not be debt free but the parent company half a billion, however Ineos would service that debt and it’s interest payments.whose to say that Two years into running the club the 500m would be repaid in a 10 year plan at £50m per year interest free whilst Ineos service the interest payments. The three options are simple ;
Option A. The Glaziers Stay and the £500m current debt becomes £2.5bn with a new working capital of £2bn, we update, not rebuild the stadium for £1bn, Spend £500m on existing transfer payments and new players and use £500m as a working capital to service the new debt, potential interest payments of £200m per year so it’s a two year high risk gamble, if the club does well and wins a PL or CL they can potentially grow the revenue to £700-750m, make £100m profit by cutting player salaries etc and buy them maybe 3-4 years while the stadium is revamped and renovated to probably 85,000 all seater which will also grow match day revenue by 2026. If it fails the hedge fund will take over the club and sell to the highest bidder so they recoup their capital investment.
Option B - SJR/INEOS they buy only the 69.9% b voting shares for £4bn which gives SJR control of the club, the debt is part of this deal in a further £500m transfer of debt from Manchester United PLC to INEOS, the club is kept on the stock market. United are debt free on paper but will owe the parent company a sizeable fee if the club was ever sold. SJR invests a further £1.5bn which they have arranged from various banks in America to redevelop the stadium and player investment. INEOS are the parent company and United would trade debt free without dividends being taken out, using their own profit to reinvest in the club. In the future if United were sold to another buyer, this capital investment of £2bn by INEOS would have to be repaid first before the club could be sold. (In other words the club new owner would have to add £2bn to the price of the purchase !)
Option C - Qatari owners full purchase of the club, meaning after paying £4.5bn for 69.9% of b shares they would then buy the existing public shares to take the club off the stock market and make United a privately owned club. No longer controlled by stock market rules. They would potentially pay another £1bn for this on top of the £4.5bn offered to the Glaziers. When and if they agree ownership then they would immediately settle the clubs debts of £500m and then deposit a potentially £2.5bn as a working capital for stadium relocation, redevelopment, area redevelopment and player sales for Mens, Youth and woman's teams. We would probably see a new state of the art 100,00 stadium and a 25,000 second stadium for the youth and woman's team. The true cost to the Qatari bid is probably £9bn of their own money without any borrowing or burdening the club with debt and interest payments.
The reality is the glaziers want more and are using Chelsea as a measuring stick, forgetting the most important difference, Abrahamovic had to write off his £1bn loan that Chelsea owed him so this made the purchase all the more attractive to bidders, the club was relatively debt free because the Government made it so, United and the Glaziers are not debt free, we owe at £375m in amortised player transfer fees up to 2027 as well as the £500m debt attached to the club. So by asking for £5bn they are actually asking for nearly £6bn and no one is paying that so we have a classic stale mate.
SJR will not increase his bid, the Qatari may not want to lose face and possibly make make a final bid of £4.95bn as a take it or leave it offer! That’s why this will run and run to the summer, nothing is ever easy when you support United?