Feels like some negative vibes are creeping into this thread over the last few hours. Basically saying Woody won't be needed as those leeches aren't going anywhere.
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Have Nokia ruled themselves out?
On the contrary and maybe somewhat ironically this is like the one thing he's the most competent person for.
Yeah that is a good point
Makes sense for Woody to facilitate a sale, doesn't mean he'll have any future role at the club.
I mean we can easily mention potential conflicts of interest and rule them out. Going against your country investment fund headed by MBS is a huge potential issue.
We need to look out for our own interests and not letting someone else from Saudi to own us looks the most logical step. It may not be politically correct but we don’t need to publicly announce it.
People really think a company that makes phones and computers is going to spend billions of dollars to buy a football team
You get upset that CEOs are overpaid until you see comments like this. Then you realise that there are a lot of people who just aren't CEO material.
Do you think Liverpool supporters who have Apple phones will stop buying Apple phones? Doubt it
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I do wonder if they will find a way around it. Like someone in the private sector buys it and the government secretly backs it. Wouldn't put it past them
Hahaa. Windows blows
Well done, my mom has the 6, if she had to get a new phone my brother, sister, and me could not fathom how to handle that.
I think there has to be a political/cultural need to -- the Saudis always want to be seen as the top dog in the Gulf and ME in general.
They can have some relatively poor donkeys like the Abu Dhabians having the most successful club in recent times -- and they only have a lovely but parochial club like Newcastle.
Wasn't Manchester United the one they wanted. It was just the fact the Glazers didn't want to sell which is why they bought Newcastle United. Saudis must be annoyed now
If any potential buyer had any sense, they’d stay well clear of this man. He would wait to the last minute to submit an offer for a client, offer a lot more than is being asked for and to top it all off, he would then agree to pay a lot more in the fine print. The man is a clown.
One of their private companies did bid for Chelsea right?
The Raine Group (sp?) had to vet through 100+ offers for Chelsea!! Surprised that there were that many.
So basically the Glazers what's the Rolodex of names & numbers and then some.
Not the past 7 years, the past 2 years.
https://www.ineos.com/news/ineos-gr...shareholder-alongside-daimler-and-toto-wolff/
https://strettynews.com/2022/11/24/investors-seek-advice-from-ed-woodward-on-manchester-united-sale/
..so woodward can stand to make money off the sale of a club he ran so poorly..this is like a twilight zone episode
..so woodward can stand to make money off the sale of a club he ran so poorly..this is like a twilight zone episode
Yeah so it doesn't look like the Saudi's are backing two clubs in the Premier League. Probably their way of getting around a conflict of interest issue.
Basically my thinking
Cookies, every site, every page, every where.
All of that is when it comes to football..
On the flip side he is said to be excellent at financial and is a close friend of the Glazers having helped them buy, he will be key in helping them sell and is qualified to do so.
Exactly we arent a random swiss club or Nice. We are United which means the people running the club need to be of a much higher standard and not people who cant even make a midtable french team better.
You could contact 8xBet about private companies in the middle east?
If anything, Apple comes with a tonne of baggage when it comes to violating working rights and working conditions. Mass suicides, low pay, long working hours without break, just to satisfy the demand for Apple products. Apple (and other major ICT companies) has been a case study for years when it comes to CSR; initially they refused to acknowledge their responsibility with regards to their suppliers, but ended up with creating an internal audits division after a good amount of external pressure - but jury still out if that has helped at all.
Just look at what's happening at their major Foxconn factory as we speak. Mass brawl, police and security guards beating up workers. All this due to them hiring tons of people on shitty contracts with concerns also regarding COVID safety - just so they can make enough iPhones in time for the Christmas sale.
Not saying they are alone with having these issues, but they are probably the most well-known and they are probably closest to having the dodgy rep those states usually mentioned have.
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No thanks. Tim Cook will just try to 'optimise' everything and sell half the players.
Then match fees will be increased to 100 pounds for the normal experience (where you have to watch outside the stadium) and 500 for the "Pro" version, which gets you inside the stadium. Only iPhone users are allowed inside the stadium (literal gatekeeping) cause other users might being viruses with them.
Having read a few more articles this morning you're probably right and I'm just being pessimistic.
Foldtrafford.
By that logic, any conglomerate with the stacks of cash should be interested which is absolutely not how the corporates operate.
I adds no value to the brand by acquiring a sports team like it would if they were to acquire a software giant or a chip manufacturer for example.
Easy to negate that by coming through a semi government company like STC, Sabic, Riyad Bank etc. Primarily owned by the government but they can differentiate based on Newcastle being directly owned by the PIF.
Compared to the costs that's not smart business. Also to stay profitable huge investments are needed. Without them there's no guarantee we will stay as profitable even short term. I'm pretty sure the Apple links are bs. You don't see huge IPOs buying football clubs.
And even if Apple did. They'd run us exactly like the Glazers did. Purely like a business. Not a fan of that thought.
He really is like a bad rash.
Ah yes I'm the dumb one here.
In the climate where even Google is laying off in massive numbers and Apple has frozen hiring for most roles to save money they're going to turn around and blow billions of dollars to buy a football club a industry they have no experience with, would require onboarding hundreds of employees including top management who know how to run sporting franchises and an investment which could possibly require millions of dollars more to revamp the facilities because they could potentially earn more on their streaming service, which is not even a guarantee.
Makes perfect sense.
I hate Woodward as much as anyone else but isn’t he actually supposed to be really good at this sort of thing? Managing and facilitating a buyout like this.
Obviously he should not be allowed anywhere near the football operations side of things.
Obviously he should not be allowed anywhere near the football operations side of things.
That's the truth. Our operating expenses are at an all time high and have been going up for a few years while the revenue is also tanking. If someone buys the club simply for the financial benefits it's not a very feasible outlook at this time as the club needs other infrastructural investments.
We are seeing the long term effects of the failures on the pitch and the Glazers are feeling it. They've squeezed us to the maximum.
That would require the FA to have some integrity which I wouldn't bank on. After all they made Newcastle promise that they aren't directly owned by PIF, but every man and his dog knows that they do. KSA could own either directly or indirectly every PL team without FA doing anything about it.
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