Direct ownership of a state is a different thing. The person sitting in the owners box matters. Human rights matter.
Dubai a contender to buy Man Utd
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran are here to talk about a frustrating 2 points dropped at Crystal Palace. They then discuss the regeneration of Old Trafford. Finally, Nik is joined by special guest Michael Statham from the Football Oranje podcast - who gives us a more in depth look at our EL opposition FC Twente, and then runs through the (many) Dutch connections currently at United.
Direct ownership of a state is a different thing. The person sitting in the owners box matters. Human rights matter.
Drippity drip drip drip an it's is a drip.
Maybe even Failsworth
eaters of Rudolph and puffins. Also have volcanos - quite possibly housing super villains. Produced Bjork. How much more evil can you get?
Hell to the no
Incoming Jack Ba links. Old Trafford to be renamed Stadium AliBaba. No more pies. Only bao buns.
Cover me in baby oil and sign up Mbappe - I’m sold!
I 2nd that.
Like I said, I've seen very little objection towards the glazers funding one of the most evil (measured by the amount of damage they do to the number of lives, ie deaths & displacement) institutions in the world, the GOP.
This isn't whataboutism, it's about people having double standards, because they're either unaware or because one is western, the other brown.
If you're moaning about a midget oil state's human rights abuses, and want us sold because of badly we're run and not because we're owned by republican affiliated oligarchs, you're being a hypocrite.
If you've always cared about the Glazers connection to the GOP and that is your primary reason for wanting them gone, then fair play, but we both know that's not the majority of people wanting the glazers out.
And as I've previously stated, there is almost no one on the planet with the necessary amount of wealth to buy United, that isn't a scumbag.
For those unaware (or in denial)about my premise, add up the death toll from the Iraq and Afghan invasion and the deaths caused by Covid denial and see how they stack up against the genocides committed by Russia and China in the last 20 years.
You don't see the difference between, say, an american billionaire and an investment fund owned and run by a state?
With the american billionaire making money off bombing civilians all across the world ?
There's no saint here.
This is correct.
For the record, I would be against this take over for United.
But the Manchester City contention is about a number of issues. Such as alleged fake sponsorships, hidden spending effectively leading to unlimited spending and throwing money at lawyers to avoid having to adhere to FFP rules. All alongside the human rights abuses of the UAE.
See below.
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...chester-city-received-payments-from-abu-dhabi
https://football-italia.net/mancini-accused-of-receiving-hidden-payments-from-manchester-city/
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...nchester-city-pep-guardiola-brother-questions
https://offthepitch.com/a/exclusive...no-staff-no-active-products-and-being-run-out
Post a tweet suggesting <insert foreign buyer of substantial wealth and questionable morality here> is a contender to buy United, get lots of clicks.
It's almost as if the media know exactly how to play the United fanbase. They're in our heads
It's almost as if the media know exactly how to play the United fanbase. They're in our heads
Asking the questions that plastic city fans never did.
The latter. That way we always have the most
I somewhat agree.
fans had the chance to own the club before the Glasers hostile takeover. It’s never going to be fan owned, a complete pipe dream that every proposed buyer is judged against.
I think your confusing them with the saudis, specially the latter part.
Are we gonna move to London and share Stadium with Arsenal?
Sounds like you are just generalizing ALL the Middle-East states, when you can't even differentiate between Saudi and Dubai.
It is whataboutism. Sorry. I don't care the colour of the skin of who owns us (mixed raced myself) or who they . I just do not want a state owned entity owning us. Is that so incredibly hard to understand?
Hard truth.
The western billionaires have made a tonne of money financing and profiting from wars all across the world.
Everyone with that kind of money is dodgy.
Seconded.
What if assad threw in a bid to buy utd ?
Tbh we'd run the club down the shitter.
Even more so than right now?
Weren’t they caught selling horse meat to Kerry Katona
What's wrong with selling a little horse meat on the side?
A significant portion of the fanbase was ready to throw ten hag under the bus after 2 games!
let's hope not the billionaires who own the Mail though!
I'd rather see United be used as a cash cow by the Glazers than see it become a PR firm for a dictatorship. I want rid of the Glazers, but there are worse things.
Dubai, UAE, USA, UK... All the same shit beast on this earth..
Yemen is getting drowned in UK bombs daily via Saudi, the middle east has been flattened numerous times by the US and the UK and for no good reason other than lies and media propaganda. Could Dubai etc step up and come into the 21st century in regards to womens and LGBT rights? Of course they could and they should but to paint the UK in any better light is just kidding yourself.
Yemen is getting drowned in UK bombs daily via Saudi, the middle east has been flattened numerous times by the US and the UK and for no good reason other than lies and media propaganda. Could Dubai etc step up and come into the 21st century in regards to womens and LGBT rights? Of course they could and they should but to paint the UK in any better light is just kidding yourself.
Sure, but there's a difference between a Musk or Radcliffe and a Putin or Kim Jong for example, im sure you'd agreee.
It's far from black and white 'Billionaire = Bad'
There’s a difference between being owned by unscrupulous individuals who belong to one state or the other, and the actual states themselves… It seems almost stupefyingly obvious to point this out before the “OMG you hypocrites, what about X!?” becomes all encompassing…
It would be absolutely insane for Manchester United to be owned outright by the United States of America, and I’m pretty sure everyone would be against it. But we’re not.
It would be absolutely insane for Manchester United to be owned outright by the United States of America, and I’m pretty sure everyone would be against it. But we’re not.
It's not kidding ourselves mate. Have you been to Dubai? It is propped up with slave labour and those people are treated like shit on a daily basis. And Dubai is much better than Saudi/Qatar and some others.
Just because UK and USA are bad doesn't mean every shade of grey is the same.
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