Could Utd be sold soon?
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What a weird thing to type.
Are you paid by the house of Saud to post these favourable comments about them online?
Are you purposeful being dumb? I said not every Saudi is part of the house of Saud.
To all those doubting the legitimacy of this subject both Duncan Castles and Ian McGarry confirmed the interest from Saudi Arabia on their " The Transfer Window" podcast yesterday. Ian claimed that the news started to circulate around a month ago from within Manchester United and that's why the share prices initially rose around that time period. However they both also claimed that at this stage it is only an "investment" opportunity and not a takeover though they did acknowledge that it could very well happen.
And for those further questioning their legitimacy I would say they are quite reliable and have frequently got a lot of stuff right regarding the club recently.
And for those further questioning their legitimacy I would say they are quite reliable and have frequently got a lot of stuff right regarding the club recently.
Good for you.
Unless someone left the smoke machine on, which would be one way to describe the Daily Star, and for that matter, the Independant. Both gutter press garbage.
The Guardian at least carries some level of credibility.
When will the Saudis be "moving with the times"?
Isn't that like saying The Times carries more credibility than The Sun, when they are owned by the same people, so it is really only posher people talking sh*t.
No, just noticed a theme to your posts lately. Saudi isn't all bad, Canada sucks, etc.
Are the Guardian, Star and Independent owned by the same people? Murdoch certainly doesn't own The Guardian, and either some Russian or Saudi fella owns The Independent. I doubt anyone would admit to owning The Star.
The Independent (think it was them) earlier claimed it would start out as investment but would progress towards a takeover when all the current news dies down.
Guardian - Scott Trust Ltd
Independent - The Lebedevs and Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel
Daily Star - Richard Desmond
Its nitpicking. Football club while matters alot to someone is still a football club. Besides the glazer bought to run it, not actually razing it to ground. Let's be honest, debt aside they haven't demean united. We're still a football club, look around us every football club transform themselves into the 21st century, we're not the only fans that feels football has changed, and the changes is global and wasnt due to glazer alone.
I was going to say admitting to owning the Star would be like admitting to owning channel 5. Turns out he owned both.... £2.5billion though, from absolute crap.
I doubt that anyone can turn their support for United off, least of all some of those labelling this kind of buyout as too high a price to pay for some shortterm transfer fund boost.
I've seen people trying to explain why they think that for them it'll be the final disconnect between a lifelong emotional tie to Manchester United and the new commercial reality that we really are just a global showbiz brand that can be treated as a PR toy by a state-sponsored billionaire who needs an image makeover to hide behind. What many of them are talking about is this as a final straw which might affect a decision to renew (or not) a season ticket, or to keep paying the Sky and BT sub etc - or any of the other things that require a commitment beyond caring what the score is on a Saturday.
The "close the door behind you" jibe is just that, a half-arsed insult aimed at fans expressing legitimate concerns and reactions.
Incorrect.
Well first off I do apologize For my previous post which was needlessly aggressive. It’s just that I cannot stand the Saudi ruling elite which is why I get very annoyed if Someone would even suggest that I am Defend them. I’m just saying that the country has under normal people as well as plenty of rich people that criticize their own government
I don't like our current owners but I'd hate for us to become another City or PSG at the hands of some oil rich Saudi's. The thought is utterly depressing.
So the Independent is a paper which is partly owned by a rich Saudi man and while he may not be a part of the Royal Family there... all roads lead to the house of Saud in SA.
Didn't United deny this just two days ago?
A big part of me doesn't like the thought of being owned by such people but another part of me, the part that wants us to win and the part that wants us to knock city and psg of their financial perch and give us the best chance to rise back to the very top, that part of me is excited at the thought.
I'm torn on this but in case it does happen I have put a tea towel on reserve for match days.
I'm torn on this but in case it does happen I have put a tea towel on reserve for match days.
I don’t think so.
Late to the conversation but my 2p would be that I would love new owners to come in and invest on the squad. But not at the moral cost of what it would be if the glazers sold up to the Saudis. As much as I do not like The Glazers having the club I love owned by a regime that is not exactly that big on human rights just sounds repulsive to me.
While i do understand their concern about the image of the club and they think it is morally wrong, I dont think mixing politics with football is right, because I can come up with many examples here that people already paying for tickets and TV-subscriptions are actually benefiting the wrong people and could be morally wrong. We follow the football team, the players and the manager, we dont follow the Glazers or who ever the owner is, in fact you can still support the club and be against the owners just like what the fans did in the green and gold protests.
The Guardian, Manchester Evening News and The Mirror have all run pieces in the last 48 hours saying we're denying the 'Saudi bid'/'club for sale' stories.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/oct/17/manchester-united-takeover-tale-wrong-saudi-arabia
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...chester-united-saudi-arabia-takeover-15284716
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/manchester-united-rubbish-claims-set-13420391
There may be others.
So, a Saudi billionaire decides to invest in football, cherry picks a brand and the glazers will just lie down and put their cash cow on sale? Not buying it one bit.
Skeptical of this as well, although Arabs might have a reputation about how they go on about deals, but a billion seems too good to be true.
Agreed 100%.The very idea of a Saudi despot owning Manchester United is a gross insult to the memory of Busby, Edwards, Byrne and many many more genuine heroes who helped to make this club what it is.
Couldn't care less about who they are or what they're like in their own country, if they put money back into the club and bring us back to success then it's a totally separate entity.
This better not be happening.
Makes it really easy to spot the morons though. Disgusting feckers.
Makes it really easy to spot the morons though. Disgusting feckers.
Haven't heard much about Saudi Arabia and gender equality I reckon?
Oh yeah definitely. It's almost like the money has just appeared from nowhere by magic.
It's not like the lack of spending is even our main issue, it's the managers we've hired, unless we get that right you can throw as much money at us as you want and nothing will change.
I hate them, but we could easily get back to the top under the current ownership, if only they'd get the basics right.
I hate them, but we could easily get back to the top under the current ownership, if only they'd get the basics right.
Can't think of a better way to kill off the soul of our club than have a Saudi takeover. Shouldn't be allowed to invest anywhere until they get a grasp of basic human rights in their own country.
Reasonably put, in fact did deeper in the money sponsoring us and it could be found as or more deplorable than the Saudis. It's all Arab dollars backed by their oil anyway