Club Sale | It’s done!

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TheReligion said:
That full sale is the most likely outcome but the bids received so far are too low and the Glazers won’t accept them. He believes they are 700m short with room for negotiation.

Says Qatar could change the dynamics by maintaining the same bid but just taking the 69% controlling shares rather than demanding 100%. This would give the Glazers what they want, and full control, however Qatar want 100% as they want to take the club private.

The current reports about them being attached to the club and wanting to stay are briefs to portray they are under no pressure as they want to drive up the price. Same for the last minute cup final appearance. It’s all for show.

Minority investment doesn’t work in any format as it would require the Glazers to put large amounts of money back into the club which he can’t see them doing as they never have done in the past.

He states there’s an experienced US group monitoring and are considering making a bid, even though they missed the soft deadline.
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Sorry, full control to whom? And would the other 31% be of any concern to the Glazers if they don't actually own them in the first place?
 
Compton22 said:


Those who think the Glazers will stay need to look at this. Typical negotiation stance. They're trying to get a better price.
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That £1.3B sounds like a figure plucked out from thin air.

Surely worth more than that, it’s one of the biggest sports clubs in the world.
 
Incidentally, does anyone remember Glazers promise to engage more with the fans after the super league debacle? Is this Glazers first attempt to do that. :lol:
 
if spurs and liverpool are being spoken about for £3B-£4B....no chance glazers sell for less than that
 
The fact that the Glazers have reportedly told Ratcliffe/Jassim not to badmouth them as part of their campaigns to purchase the club is interesting.

You'd be forgiven for having thought that the Glazers don't care one bit about what the fans think of them, given their approach to running the club over the past 20 years.
 
An interesting to consider re. the Glazers trying to keep control in the hope the club's value grows: who would buy it if it did grow? You can already see it's a small group, arguably a group of one, who can genuinely afford it now. Why would they risk staying, and then trying to sell in a few years time for more, when the only people they could likely sell to are the ones they risk annoying now by cancelling the current process.

It doesn't make sense for them to hold on to the club. This is possibly the last chance they have to sell the club. If they grew it to $10m and peed off the Qataris in the process, I don't see them coming back and then who would they sell to?
 
Can’t believe how cheap and hollow the media and fanbases are treating oil moneys Newcastle chance of success
 
cyberman said:
How? The club will be sold for a fee far closer to 6b then barely more than the Galzers bought it for 20 years ago
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I think the Sky guy was referring to what the club should actually be worth, if whoever is buying wants to make a sensible business purchase, which is what I was meaning, £6 billion is crazy money for a club who has a turnover that is barely 10 % of that.

The fact we have just SJR and Qatar wanting to purchase the club outright, both of which who aren't interested making any money out it, and loan sharks looking to make a killing out of the Glazers staying, tells you this amount makes no sense.

But I take your point that the sale figure will be nearer £6 blillion, than £1.3 billion.
 
cyberman said:
Can’t believe how cheap and hollow the media and fanbases are treating oil moneys Newcastle chance of success
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Mickeza said:
Was just thinking that as I scrolled through Twitter full of opposition fans begging they beat us and seeing countless tweets from journalists including Jake Humphrey about how massive they are.
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This is why the claims that Qatari ownership will somehow poison United's spirit is a joke.

As if that has stopped opposition fans (so basically everyone bar us) from laughing, mocking and criticising United for nothing while turning a blind eye to City and more recently, Newcastle.

The truth is they're shit scared and would be massively jealous and afraid of us if we finally lose the Glazer chains and the club can prosper, as it should have these past 20 years.
 
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