Apple are a public listed company. How will their shareholders feel about them spending billions of their cash on a football team, something that will absolutely tank their stock? It's their CEO's job to raise stock prices, not destory them. Stock prices go up when Apple enter a new market or invent a new device, when they innovate, show greater iPhone sales data or do something truely brilliant, not when the drop billions on a sports brand that no one who owns Apple gives a flying shit about.
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Apple speculation.
There's not a single universe that exists where Apple buy United.
I can see it happen tbh.
There's not a single universe that exists where Apple buy United.
You might want to check the meaning of 'speculation'
People really think a company that makes phones and computers is going to spend billions of dollars to buy a football team
You don't think they'll want to bang 5billion on us, then another couple of billion on ground, training ground and players?
Why not?
How many on the Caf are mugs? Me I guess.
I'll give you odds of hundrered million to one that Apple would never even dream of touching this.
I hope so, maybe I'm just so used to being pessimistic about it I'm looking for the reason it won't happen.
You're well remembered for calling Mourinho about 6months early.
Is this your long awaited ITK follow up?
It will never happen because Apple stand only to lose from that deal, and they're not going to destory their stock.
This guy is a fraud
Why would they? Why does that make sense for a company that predominately sells phones?
This is the first thing he's said that's 100% true.
I wonder what the thoughts of the folks in Saudi Arabia are. They’ve wanted a football club for a while, and just a few months after they’ve bought Newcastle, both Manchester United and Liverpool are up for sale. I wonder if they regret it?
Could probably afford just to bin the club off back to Ashley, then buy either or. Or both.
Only the ones that continued to buy products from a company that openly admitted to reducing their performance in order to force you to spend more of your money on new products.
Haha, sure is.
I agree it probably won't happen but we all know these companies are not all run on a common sense approach at all times. It's not like paying £6bn for United is going to register as a big shambles on Apple's bottom line.
Did I need a sarcasm emoticon?
Probably!So, who knows maybe 50-80% of people on here are mugs? No clue on Iphone usage numbers of course, but I'd assume it's pretty large.
And, I would say there is no way Apple is buying United.
Apple’s stock will not tank because they spent $10b buying us.
That is peanuts for them. They could literally buy us with their spare change.
Just have to wait for Apple to say it's bollocks.
I know this will sound funny but there's a lot of Manchester United fans in the world. However, there's a LOT LOT more non-United fans obviously. Those fans will not want to buy Apple products knowing it will be going a way to help bankroll us, as fickle as it sounds.
Apple are incredibly well run, hence the reason they're worth trillions. And it would, that money has to come from somewhere, they spend all their cash on innovation, R&D is crazy expensive.
I would like to think sane adults would not think that way. For example I always use iPhones but if Apple bought Liverpool that would not make me switch to android.
Of course they could, they just have £10b sitting in a cash account, waiting for Tim Cook to whip out his contactless Apple Pay in the OT corporate suite to get the deal done...
If Apple bought Liverpool, how fast are you dropping your £1000 iPhone next time the contract is up? There might be a lot of United fans but how many can afford an iPhone? How many anti-United fans are there? You know what really tanks stocks? Poor sales data, missing earnings, poor growth metrics. All these things are true if Apple buy United.
Some of you live in a fantasy world.
Nah Ratcliffe met the Glazers and specifically said they wouldn’t sell.
It’s a huge development now than they will.
Totally new headline and story.
As if. The only people dim enough to make such decisions probably couldn't even afford an iphone or mac
Apple bought Beats and I don't recall any outcry. If, and it's a big if, Apple were after United, I'm sure they have a legitimate reason in mind. Plus, the cost of United is a week's takings for Apple and United would be another asset.
You cannot be serious.
We’ve ordered a new Hyundai months ago but just tonight I’ve said to my wife we need to cancel and order a different brand of car cos they have Stevie G on their WC advert…..
I was was only half joking
Why?
We’ve ordered a new Hyundai months ago but just tonight I’ve said to my wife we need to cancel and order a different brand of car cos they have Stevie G on their WC advert…..
I was was only half joking
I should have specified adult humans, not adult plants
Every last one of us, except @esmufc07
Interesting background on Apples view of sports from a while back. https://www.si.com/media/2019/03/19...cations-big-moments-recommendation-technology
We'd never ever get a sponsor if this was the case
I just hope all this speculation doesn't end up as just that and the Glazers still own us at the end of it.
Amazing how a nonsense story from the star gets so much traction.
Every iPhone that is bought, would be another £ to the Liverpool transfer kitty. It be our fault they end up buying Mbappe
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