Club Sale | It’s done!

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Starting to feel like Ratcliffe/Ineos have edged slightly in front as the favourites to buy us.
 
What’s happening? Why are talking about Qatar pulling out…has there been some news?

It's the missing the deadline and not having submitted a second bit yet, it leaves room for speculation and this whole thing is speculation.
 
Starting to feel like Ratcliffe/Ineos have edged slightly in front as the favourites to buy us.

As far as we know, they are the only party to submit a bid for full ownership, although that will presumably change. If they have managed to put a bid together that is north of £5bn, then they have to be in with a decent chance.
 
As far as we know, they are the only party to submit a bid for full ownership, although that will presumably change. If they have managed to put a bid together that is north of £5bn, then they have to be in with a decent chance.
Full ownership as in not just the shares that the glazers have - but all?

do we know if they are clearing the debt?
 
Newbie here..

Don't you all find City's success tainted with their oil money??

For all their recent success, they will never have the same 'feeling' of achievement that we had during the Fergie years, or what we could potentially have under ETH.

There are no ideal buyers for Utd, because the Glazers have priced anyone other than the super-rich out of the process, and what usually accompanies super-rich is super-dodgy..

If I had to choose, I would side with SJR/Ineos. It wouldn't be ideal, but the debt wouldn't be on Utd anymore, and what's more important is that they get the sporting operation right, and not leave an investment banker aka Ed Woodward in charge, like the Glazers did. Its not money hasn't been spent, its the fact the money has been wasted, and they have presided over that failure, whilst taking dividends out.

The Qatar bid would no doubt 'give' us more money, but do you want Utd to become some oil states play thing. I value how we go about things and achieve as a club far more than the type of success that brings..
 
Full ownership as in not just the shares that the glazers have - but all?

do we know if they are clearing the debt?

We don't have reliable information. All we know is that they want to buy all the Glazers' shares and take control of the club.

It would take a further £1bn - £1.2bn to take the club private by buying up the 31% NYSE shares.
 
As far as we know, they are the only party to submit a bid for full ownership, although that will presumably change. If they have managed to put a bid together that is north of £5bn, then they have to be in with a decent chance.

I doubt it will change, buying 31% extra shares that offer no extra control isn't exactly financially prudent, it adds an extra billion or so at least (assuming these shares are much less valuable as they aren't for control of the club so would be sold at fair market price. There's no real incentive for non-state bids to do so, Qatar probably wants to avoid the responsibilities that come with being a public company and an extra billion or so so is nothing to them
 
If this Qatar bid falls through and these cnuts end up staying I think we’ll be done.
 
If this Qatar bid falls through and these cnuts end up staying I think we’ll be done.
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It’s increasingly looking like the Glazers have no intention of selling the club and are just using this bidding process as a way to establish the market value of the club for minority investment.
 
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