Sir Jim Ratcliffe: I want to buy Manchester United | Will make a bid for the club [Telegraph]

[cyberman]

Has Sir Jim Ratcliffe got enough money with 12B to compete with City? I'm just not sure.

The biggest gripe with The Glazers has been taking out so much money. The club on its own has enough to compete with any oil state club you can name, it’s just being used to pay off others debts.
If we got an owner who allowed us to spend what we earn then we are more than set

 

[Tom Van Persie]

 

[angak]

7ft tall, flowing golden locks and steel in his eyes

 

[mu4c_20le]

Things are definitely happening.

 

[Mr Pigeon]

This is not a drill. There' s a viable buyer for our beloved club there who everyone would like to give a go. Now is the time to Unify and use everything to get the Glazers out. It's now or never and we all have a huge part to play.

I'm sitting on my couch watching Cars 2 and eating Skips but I get what you're saying.

 

[Compton22]

Would be great, but with him being 70 years old in a month, we would probably need a new owner again pretty soon

Billionaires tend to live longer than the average

 

[bosnian_red]

I don't know anything about random billionaires but the Glazers leaving would at least bring some positivity to the ground again. It would take a while to have a real impact though. Transfer wise, facility wise, building a group who know how to manage everything properly, etc. But it's a start! And if he's somebody who will actually prioritize the club being successful again, then all the better. He's a United fan, so good start there.

 

[Long Time Red]

Has Sir Jim Ratcliffe got enough money with 12B to compete with City? I'm just not sure.

No one should care.

All we need is someone who isn't going to take money out the club like the current parasitic family.

 

[Nick7]

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

thanks!

 

[matherto]

Yeah Ineos own Merc in the F1. Would be absolutely perfect owners.

I mean, just because they own a slice of the best team in F1 doesn't mean they'd automatically be amazing owners of a football team. That's not how it works.

 

[pascell]

I think the Glazers will sell soon enough.

- I think they've tightened the purse strings purposefully this summer, more cash flow reflects more healthily on ffp. Mike Ashley did it with Newcastle and so did Abramovic, so the new owners can spend.

- They don't wanna part with what it's gonna take to make those stadium and infrastructure plans a reality. But those plans themselves make us a more sellable asset and worth more.

- United fans are worldwide and can cripple every business the Glazers have that isn't to do with United.

 

[Hal9000]

I didn’t follow the Chelsea sale closely, why did he have zero chance of that going through?

He and his group offered the most, i think £75million more. However it came quite late in the day, just as Todd Boehly became the prefered buyer. Also the group handling the sale set up a process for the bids and for it to go through him, where as Ratcliffes bid was made independent of this process.

 

[Nick7]

They allegedly sold an ambitious project and abandoned it within a year which is apparently why Galtier was looking to leave Nice.

Sure sounds like United DNA.

 

[tomaldinho1]

69 years old

And they have 69% equity. Match made in heaven.

 

[HookedOnAPhelan]

Spoiler

 

[RedStarUnited]

The Glazers won’t let this cash cow slip out of their greasy, greedy, lecherous debt-ridden claws.

they bought us when we were worth less than 1bn, we are worth atleast 4 times that. Its a perfect exit for them.

 

[predator]

Shits going down.

 

[NickSantigo]

Can he play DM?

 

[Rolaholic]

 

[Offside]

It’s quite funny that things have got so bad on the pitch that people are talking about buying and the owners are open to selling some kind of stake. Seems pretty similar to what happened to Hicks and Gillett at Liverpool.

 

[clarkydaz]

The Glazers won’t let this cash cow slip out of their greasy, greedy, lecherous debt-ridden claws.

they cant make us competitive, and cant be bothered trying

 

[Nick7]

People keep calling him Britain’s richest man, but he isn’t is he?

 

[angak]

This is not a drill. There' s a viable buyer for our beloved club there who everyone would like to give a go. Now is the time to Unify and use everything to get the Glazers out. It's now or never and we all have a huge part to play.

Monday needs to be the biggest protest in the history of the world.

 

[Infestissumam]

maybe I just want to believe, but it might actually make sense for the Glazers to sell now, no? Revenues seem to have plateaued, OT is in bad shape, fan criticism is louder than ever and football-wise we've been in steady decline. Might actually reach a point where the leeches feel they've sucked out enough blood and are contempt with selling for a decent price before things deteriorate even further.

 

[JJ12]

People keep calling him Britain’s richest man, but he isn’t is he?

Don’t think so

 

[Chairman Steve]

Considering how he almost knowingly came in last minute for a Chelsea bid, went on TV with Dan Roan, basically said ‘Yeah I knew I was cutting it close but ho-hum’ and then Roan asked almost out of nowhere about Manchester United specifically, to which he had an almost rehearsed answer saying United weren’t for sale, in an interview that was centred around Chelsea.

I must say I did not know he and INEOS had a considerable chunk of the Merc F1 team (33%). That‘s quite promising considering they’re a slick, well-run outfit and Ratcliffe undoubtedly has a voice in their movements.

 

[GreatDane]

This is the rebuild we need, please be true.
Would give us the hope we need.

 

[GDaly95]

 

[Red00012]

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.

He’s 69 , he ain’t getting any younger

 

[ForeverRed1]

how much of united would they get ?

 

[Nick7]

Considering how he almost knowingly came in last minute for a Chelsea bid, went on TV with Dan Roan, basically said ‘Yeah I knew I was cutting it close but ho-hum’ and then Roan asked almost out of nowhere about Manchester United specifically, to which he had an almost rehearsed answer saying United weren’t for sale.

I must say I did not he and INEOS had a considerable chunk of the Merc F1 team (33%). That‘s quite promising considering they’re a slick, well-run outfit and Ratcliff undoubtedly has a voice in their movements.

Toto studied United’s post Fergie downfall to try and avoid it with Mercedes

 

[Tincanalley]

To have the words Football Club put back on out badge would be one of the greatest feelings ever as a Manchester united fan

My thoughts exactly

 

[Hal9000]

Ratcliffe’s worth around £13 billion and Boehly £4.5 billion.

Let's be real here, he will be spending very little of his own money.

 

[mu4c_20le]

People keep calling him Britain’s richest man, but he isn’t is he?

Just go along with it.

 

[OleGunnar20]

This is not a drill. There' s a viable buyer for our beloved club there who everyone would like to give a go. Now is the time to Unify and use everything to get the Glazers out. It's now or never and we all have a huge part to play.

This ! This is not a drill people, someone make up some t-shirts.

 

[Nick.]

Jim has our backing 100% if he's really gonna do this.

 

[P-Ro]

Give it to Giggsy til the end of the season.

 

[Mickeza]

How long will it take him to hire Edwards after he takes charge?

 

[Nick7]

Just go along with it.

Bit worried about it if such a “fact” is part of his PR.

 

[Tarrou]

People keep calling him Britain’s richest man, but he isn’t is he?

to the James Dyson thread! wait, who is it again?