Glazer Family Consider Selling? (Source unverified)

Of course they will sell for the right price. Maybe they realize that their governance of the club is decreasing the value of the club. But will anyone match their 8Bn asking price?
 
Cathy Ferguson said:
Of course they will sell for the right price. Maybe they realize that their governance of the club is decreasing the value of the club. But will anyone match their 8Bn asking price?
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Where did you get 8b asking price from? The figure I see mostly bandied about is 4.5 to 5bn.

I'm not saying I'm right your wrong, I interested so I can read up on it
 
Surely the share price would start to go up if the markets knew that there was a bid incoming for utd. Utd make good dividends for glazers so why would they sell? Especially as Utds price will probably double when the ESL actually does takeoff and become a reality.
 
The Transfer Exchange Show and Michael Knighton :lol:
 
Michael Knighton :lol: I remember him doing kick ups on the pitch back in the 90’s after it was announced he’d bought the club then turned out he had no cash. Did he buy Carlisle in the end..?
 
I doubt the Glazers would see the club's shares slumping as a trigger to sell.
 
To be fair, they have to either sell or invest now.

Every year we fail to win anything, the stock will drop and everyone knows it's not going to be cheap to get back to the winning ways that will attract sponsors.

Not to mention the refurbishment needed at OT and Carrington.
 
Fooza said:
Heinz Ketchup would be a source at this point
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Perhaps Lingard’s beanzzz obsession is now making sense.
Hal9000 said:
To be fair, they have to either sell or invest now.

Every year we fail to win anything, the stock will drop and everyone knows it's not going to be cheap to get back to the winning ways that will attract sponsors.

Not to mention the refurbishment needed at OT and Carrington.
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I think it’s very much a now or never moment. Wholesale changes to background staffing and structure clear investment needed in several areas not only the sporting side too.

I can’t verify the source but as a discussion point I think it would be an interesting time to sell especially given the recent Chelsea sale has helped put a clear price on a top PL up for grabs (albeit in unusual circumstances).
 
It’s been fifteen years of unsubstantiated rumours they’re about to sell. They didn’t take themselves by surprise when they bought the club and have been trying to offload it ever since.

Whether or not we like it long-term sports team/franchise ownership is the core of their family business. Wouldn’t be surprised if the only consideration for a sale is if the next generation of the family want to shift away from sports ownership. Until then people need to stop torturing themselves.

Aside from the industry that’s set around convincing people to buy scarves and t-shirts if they think doing so will help a sale along. That self-interest will always be there

Wishful thinking isn’t news
 
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This rumour was going around yesterday, I would say it's a complete farce, especially with Knightons name being dragged up.
 
The only way glazers will sell is when it’s not attractive enough anymore or a crazy Man Utd billionaire fan put an offer which exceed every expectation!!
 
Am I correct in thinking that they take around 20 million in dividends per year? I am completely ignorant on the subject but if I owned a company worth at least 5 billion then I’d expect to earn more than £20 million per year, which I am assuming is split between siblings. Not saying they should take more, just that it’s a strange way to make money- you take something that hundreds of millions of people love and make it perform worse, upsetting all these people so that you can have more shiny things, what a bizarre existence.
 
Jim Ratcliffe and unnamed Chinese Billionaire have moved huge capital to Ratcliffe’s UK development fund in May. More and more certain now that the Glazers WILL SELL! (Source: Some guy I met down the pub)
 
Gurtej said:
The only way glazers will sell is when it’s not attractive enough anymore or a crazy Man Utd billionaire fan put an offer which exceed every expectation!!
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Also, the value may have dipped, but with new signings, improvements and a strong start and season, the price would rise again.

I doubt a slight downturn would make the Glazers blink
 
Neil_Buchanan said:
Am I correct in thinking that they take around 20 million in dividends per year? I am completely ignorant on the subject but if I owned a company worth at least 5 billion then I’d expect to earn more than £20 million per year, which I am assuming is split between siblings. Not saying they should take more, just that it’s a strange way to make money- you take something that hundreds of millions of people love and make it perform worse, upsetting all these people so that you can have more shiny things, what a bizarre existence.
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Shares & dividends are usually based upon a formula.
 
Little to no chance they sell. If you own a business that you invest no personal funds into that still gives you dividends every year on top of said business paying back a loan that you took out to buy the business why would you sell? They will make around 10x what they ‘bought’ the business for.
 
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