He wouldn't be buying in without assurances of influence, I am sure of that much
Sir Jim Ratcliffe: I want to buy Manchester United | Will make a bid for the club [Telegraph]
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Lets make it happen
That would be correct
Whoever it is, please don't buy the team with debt. How embarrassing. The NFL would never let an owner buy a franchise unless they could afford it multiple times over. It's why Trump wasn't allowed to buy the Bills, he wanted to buy them with debt. So the fact that the Glazers bought MUFC with debt should be embarrassing, on a billionnaire level
I was in the stands the day he went to the Stretford End and did keepie uppies.
Erect.
Are the M&S's round your area covered head to toe in shite and piss?He was never really interested in Chelsea.
Why shop at Aldi when you can afford M&S
Don't forget..The protest of all protests is days away and if there's one thing I know, billionaires fight for each other..NOT YOU! The Glazers are working very hard behind the scenes. Don't be fooled.
Now, this is news!
Ratcliffe’s worth around £13 billion and Boehly £4.5 billion.
He only bid after the closing date and just as they chose Boehly as the preferred bid. It was really bizarre if he actually wanted to buy them - it screamed of another motive at the time.
He made a bid two weeks after the deadline
Hasn’t this guy been at it for years? Wasn’t he trying to buy Chelsea or something recently?
Odds on him being responsible for that huge volume of ordinary shares being bought a few days ago?
Its been on the cards for months. Ever since he said "well United arent for sale" admist the Chelsea situation. The way the press have talked openly about a potential sale also screams "we want to be right when it happens", too.
That's fair. I'm happy to wait and see - would obviously love to see a fan of the club as outright owner one day.
I don’t care about (lack off) transfers anymore, this is the news we’ve been waiting for for years.
Please be true!
Please be true!
Now its getting interesting.
Boehl is worth 4.5b dollars while Ratcliffe is worth 7.18b dollars
No coincidence sky and the media have started going fully in - they’ve been building the story because on the grapevine this has been coming.
The Glazers won’t let this cash cow slip out of their greasy, greedy, lecherous debt-ridden claws.
Wouldn't it make sense for him to wait until next summer when we're in the Championship to get a better price?
I get you don’t want United to be sold and want us to remain owned by the Glazers.
Every single oppo fan doesn’t want us to get back on a footing as they know they’d be in deep shit.
It is becoming more and more likely they are on the way out though so whilst you don’t need to collectively soil yourselves just yet get the Andrex ready cause it’s coming…
It's at the point of diminishing returns. Now it the perfect time to get out.
Yes, please, Save us Jim!
So the Telegraph report about the Glazers looking to sell shares in the club looks to be correct. I bet Ratcliffe buys half then he will assume full control in a few years when the Glazers sell.
Yeah same. Hopefully the press haven't jumped the gun on this.
It's only a real cash cow the moment they sell. Their dividents are a poor return on investment for a $4-6b asset
I think his Chelsea move was a reminder to the Glazers that his money is there but he WILL walk if they don't talk.
He owns a few sports teams.
Majority holder of the Mercedes f1 team.
The Ineos cycling team.
Nice fc in ligue 1
What kind of guy is he?
fair enough. There again consortiums are in it for the money. Ratcliffe might enter football out of his love for the game. He is a Manchester United supporter after all.
He’s just tweeted he was joking
sorry
sorry
IF the Glazers cash out. They will wait until the day after deadline day and be spiteful about it. Meaning its too late for any movement. I'd love a surprise City style deadline day take-over. That was massive for them.
Don’t often post - but this is worthy. Would be the best thing to happen to this great club on a long time! SOS Sir Jim!
Absolutely. They're all puppets on Sky. They dont dance unless something is up.
This is considerably bigger than any transfer window
Incredibly apt username!
He's a thinker - more of a gentle lover than a fighter. Likes long walks on the beach and discussing our place in the universe over a cheeseboard on Tuesday evenings after Bridge.