Wondering if the Glazers are holding on for a US consortium to buy a percentage of the club, the trouble is the share price has just dropped off a cliff as a result. The longer this drags on the more sceptical Ive become, but then don’t think the brothers can afford to turn down £4.5b as it stands.
Club Sale | It’s done!
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Is he reliable, mate?
The people who are terrified of a sale not happening should feel better now. Absolutely zero chance this gets to this stage just to have the Glazers say "nah, try again soon though". The amount of money wasted by doing that would be quite a bit I'd imagine
They're genuinely squeezing every penny out of the winning bidder. And I can't see it being anyone but the Qatari's because they absolutely will not be fleeced in the media for all to see. I know...about 200 posters are echoing these exact thoughts. Just need to be patient. If it gets to say... middle of May, and there hasn't been anything officially announced? Then I'll start to squirm a bit. It's all an annoying (for the fans) waiting game. It'll be worth it to see the Glazers backs.
They're genuinely squeezing every penny out of the winning bidder. And I can't see it being anyone but the Qatari's because they absolutely will not be fleeced in the media for all to see. I know...about 200 posters are echoing these exact thoughts. Just need to be patient. If it gets to say... middle of May, and there hasn't been anything officially announced? Then I'll start to squirm a bit. It's all an annoying (for the fans) waiting game. It'll be worth it to see the Glazers backs.
Complete chancer
Think I just wandered into an MSN Messenger convo or AOL chatroom
Yeah could go either way, also Keegan has gone very quiet since breaking the Qatari interest (2023 version)
No he's a chancer and has been proven wrong multiple times.
Yeah it did in 2003 but then we are supposed to be seen as above accepting that kind of ownership
I am honestly tired of all these moral debates because it's people going round in circles.
But what I really find hilarious is Saint Gary Neville going on about what's the right ownership after going to Qatar to collect the bag at Christmas.
But what I really find hilarious is Saint Gary Neville going on about what's the right ownership after going to Qatar to collect the bag at Christmas.
That guy knows shit, he's the Qatari equivalent of Indykaila. Majed Al Khelaifi is the Qatari jouranlist who's apparently reliable.
What’s nonsense is thinking you can’t judge a man who wants to buy a club based on how his done at the current club that he owns.
I won't believe it until I see it happen. I wouldn't be surprised if Glazers botch the takeover.
Neville's not anti-Qatar ownership though
he’s come far in the process now, launched an official bid, is about to meet the Glazers to discuss it further, and hired investment bankers to help him finance it
im not sure what you’re seeing that I’m not
Im 100% convinced all those rumors about the Glazers "having a second thought about selling" are just negotiation tactics. It's obvious they want to sell at peak price it's just matter of time until Qatar find and agreement.
Qatari will remove all debts including the transfer debts as well renovate the stadium, training grounds, and other facilities. Once that is sorted Qatari won't need to pump money when the club makes the money itself.
This nonsense that it's not right is stupid when the premier league put the club in debts and in ruins by allowing the club to be bought in debt.
This nonsense that it's not right is stupid when the premier league put the club in debts and in ruins by allowing the club to be bought in debt.
You need to understand that United are a business, whether we like it or not, and that is how businesses are bought and sold, the PL are not responsible for it happening
There are a lot of signallers here that's why. They can either cough up 6-8 billion; stop supporting United or start being pragmatic and think about what's best for the club from a footballing sense.
Manchester United isn't some institute that is supposed to uphold everything that is righteous or moral. Its a feckin football club. Stop being naive. The managers, players, owners; past and present arent suppose to live up to your sense of self righteousness.
And if you let something that you have ZERO control over affect you and how you see yourself as a United fan --- then you need to give your head a good wobble -- a few times, if needed.
There's no need to worry that the Glazera won't sell. They weren't even able to pay themselves dividends for the first time. The club has lost some 225m over the last 3 years, despite making the UCL the last 2 years (this season without the UCL isn't counted in the last year's books where the club lost 115m).
While I suppose minority investment would allow them to pocket some money for themselves, who would invest serious money with the Glazers? Where would they get a return?
While I suppose minority investment would allow them to pocket some money for themselves, who would invest serious money with the Glazers? Where would they get a return?
Yes it's becoming a no-brainer they will sell. They can't afford another year without brutally oppressive refinance options and they know it. I just wonder why they let all those hundreds of millions continue to mismanage when the situation was already getting tight. Probably since they didn't buy it with their hard earned money it was no different to spending videogame money to them. Even now they've mismanaged and are still going to make a several billion profit.
The funny part is that the guy who owns a youtube channel and is part of another youtube channel would question the intelligence of fans on social media by reducing their argument to that of 'they just want Mbappe'. The top reds at Stretford Paddock are unbearable.
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Football's version of Enjolras, whose not a Manchester United supporter btw, will not enjoy our success if Qatar takes over but would still go to OT and make money out of it
Qatar entered football in 2011, INEOs in 2017. They both had a steep learning curve. Some of the mistakes both groups had done would even make the Glazers blush. Both have taken amends to sort those issues. Qatar had replaced the mercurial Leonardo with Campos while INEOS have hired experienced CEO Blanc on top of their football pyramid. The difference between the two is that Qatar had shown far more will and determination in investing money into the club to make it successful. That's quite significant. When the EPL was a two horse race ie between us and Arsenal, l I was never really worried whenever the latter got the upper hand. That's because I knew that we can easily blow them out of the water by throwing money at any weaknesses the team had. INEOS teams have more relegations under their name then trophies.
The person is part of the ruling family, and the country is under Sheriah law.
For some of us supporting Manchester United is not above principles and morals.
And if you were someone close to me I'd tell you to give your head a hood wobble...
Selling out and ignoring the atrocities that the Qatari rulers are responsible and stand for in the name of trophies and transfers is pathetic.
I am old enough to remember the failed takeover by Sky. Back then all hell went loose (both by United and non United fans) because of Sky's owners and the advantage United would have over other clubs. Guess what? Worse owners bought rival clubs and the criticism was timid at best. Not only that but when these clubs became better then we are through unfair means they had the audacity to laugh at our misery. So unless there's a blanket ban on clubs being owned (not just bought) by oligarchs/state on a global scale then I don't give a feck about who owns us. I don't want my club to be running the race with one broken leg and I am certainly mature enough to make a clear distinction between the club and its owners.
Since you feel so strongly about it; I guess you have only one choice then without coming across as a 1st Class hypocrite -- stop supporting the club if the Qataris buy up United. You really dont have a choice do you? Unless you have some spare billions in your pocket?
Short of that, you are just virtue signalling.
Please inform us of these atrocities the Qatari rulers are responsible for
And then at the same time take a look at the atrocities that the UK is responsible for and still benefits from to this day
And then give your head a wobble, yourself
let me repeat for the 2657th time in this thread, we're not being bought by the UK government
Excellent post! I remember the sky attempt and the whingeing and whining that other fans were guilty of. The same ones that welcomed Abramovitch, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia with open arms. Complete hypocrites. Now they are simply scared that we'll bury them!
My head is wobbling, now what?
In the last winter window he backed the club and Nice had the biggest overall spend in the league.
He has had Viera and Galtier as manager, somebody who was coveted on here when Ole left, and as pointed out it was never a pump in stupid money type of project.
Good Post.
If you notice none of these ABUs say that clubs owned by oligarchs/states should be sold off. All they say is that clubs should not be bought NOW (ie when qatar are interested in us). Then there are the likes of salford fc owner Gaz who wants a form of communism system in football. I wonder why
Ps these journalists/pundits refrained from saying if they will go to OT if qatar bought us. Not to forget the youtube celebrities who ironically mock united fans on social media. The hypocrisy around this issue is staggering
Wow. These are the types that Ratcliffe is associated with? Say it ain’t so
There are select groups that have given more acceptance but that is a direct contradiction to the doctrine.
Couldn't agree more, great post. I was 10 when the Sky thing was happening and didn't have a clue what was going on and wasn't very educated until a bit later on the topic. But you make great points.
Well said.
Utd wrong, everyone else its ok. Well its not ok, we need a level playing field.
Said this with your chest despite not knowing anything about the twitter account
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