There’s at the very least 3 threads discussing this subject alone with discussion spilling out into many more. Obviously there’s quite a few people who do care.
What kind of ownership would impact your fandom or make you lose interest in the club?
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There’s at the very least 3 threads discussing this subject alone with discussion spilling out into many more. Obviously there’s quite a few people who do care.
Kim Jung Un, Berdimuhamedow, Assad, Putin, King Salman, any mob organization, Emir Sheikh Tamim etc ...... you'd be ok with any of them as our owners as long as they came in with a promise of spending money?
What if a ex Tory consortium headed up by David Cameron and the ghost of Margaret Thatcher took control
Yep.
Add Lucifer, Baal, Ganon, Thanos.... i'm fine with all as long as they splash that blood money.
Ka-ching!
I would hate for the club to be owned by the Qataris. Literally the exact shit we've been complaining about with regards to Chelsea, City, PSG and now Newcastle.
I wouldn't bei very comfortable with oil arabs or some arab state fund but not to the point where I would lose interest.
Musk would be the worst though and I would probably stop watching till he fecks off
Musk would be the worst though and I would probably stop watching till he fecks off
Not too bothered. United are already established with a history and prior success. The foundations are already in place, Glazers have been the worst owners of any football team presently from a business perspective and even with the campaigns against them they are largely accepted. The club doesn't need a career mode save level of management and investment, just an expansion of the infrastructure and a debt free model moving forward. All of which the Glazers are unable to resolve.
Musk running a football club (our football club!) is truly nightmarish.
Human rights abusing state.
It's been a tough decade for the glory supporters so they'd sell their own mother for United to be successful again.
We had survived Peeping Tom, Kenyon as CEO, the Magnier/Mcmanus farce and the Glazers. Most of us are hardcore supporters at this point
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All billionaires are probably evil in some way. No one makes a billionaire while caring about others.
All billionaires are probably evil in some way. No one makes a billionaire while caring about others.
One that attempts to relocate their newly acquired franchise as per the NFL model 
Yep, seems like it.
Maybe they have more than titles in mind...
Show some proof ?!
State led ownership from a country that blatantly disregards human rights. Eg saudi, qatar, UAE
Unethical, morally grey billionaires are the norm and all big business will be tainted to a degree. But becoming a propaganda arm in geopolitics is unacceptable
Unethical, morally grey billionaires are the norm and all big business will be tainted to a degree. But becoming a propaganda arm in geopolitics is unacceptable
Oh come on now, Saudi Arabia for example has only recently allowed women to attend football games, they're doing good.
Animal abusers, nazis, or KKK anything short of that I will probably become apathetic after a few weeks
I doubt I’ll stop supporting United if I’m honest.
Are you allowed to choose your own religion? Speak up against the royal family, regime or church? Do you have the right to create a political party in opposition to the government if you want or participate in free elections? Are you allowed to have a same sex partner? Does women have equal rights as men? Can you be sentenced to 34 years in prison for retweeting someone critizicing your regime? etc....
The Glazers are the worst owners imaginary so I'll go with them
If we are winning and sticking to FFP rules, I don’t think anyone really cares. They say they do, but not really. What owners do outside of their Man United time should not matter. I mean, who is to say that all the other owners in the league are squeaky clean? My experience is people don’t become filthy rich without doing some questionable stuff along the way. Everybody has skeletons in their closet, even normal people.
One of our heroes kung-fu kicked a fan for goodness sake. And he is a legend at the club.
One of our heroes kung-fu kicked a fan for goodness sake. And he is a legend at the club.
I've said it before and it still stands true for me: the moment a gay woman can run for office in Qatar/Saudi Arabia/(whichever ME country wants to buy United), I'll be all in.
On the plus side it would add extra spice to the Manchester derby. I'm in.
I dont think theres anything that could make me stop following or lose interest in the club, for me its too ingrained in to who I am and part of my every day life for better or worse. (Yeah that sounds a bit melodramatic but bear with me).
Could mean things get awkward though.
Whoever the owners of the club are isnt going to make me want both the men and womens team to win on the pitch any less than I do now already.
Could mean things get awkward though.
Whoever the owners of the club are isnt going to make me want both the men and womens team to win on the pitch any less than I do now already.
We'll all still be here, regardless of who takesover.
No owner would stop me from supporting United.
I'd draw the line at Niall personally
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No type of owners would cause me to give up on the club. Where exactly do we think football is that grandstanding about owners makes any sense? Football is corrupt on every level and the finances are disgusting. The horse has already bolted so I don't understand why those concerned by morality are even supporting top level football. It's not just about our ownership if you take that view, surely. Look what is happening around other clubs who contribute to the fabric of the game. We're all part of the same product, the same system, the same globalised view for the game moving forward.
For me I put it aside, I realise I have next to zero control over the situation. Not even any point worrying about it. If I am going to continue to consume football as an entertainment then I may as well keep it within that remit. It's entertainment, I'd give up football before analysing the potential owners to death.
For me I put it aside, I realise I have next to zero control over the situation. Not even any point worrying about it. If I am going to continue to consume football as an entertainment then I may as well keep it within that remit. It's entertainment, I'd give up football before analysing the potential owners to death.
When you put it like that, Qatar seems pretty far from the worst possible option.
At least with the Glazers you can withhold your money and feel clean. With Middle East ownership they just want the kudos of owning a club that is so popular. There's literally nothing you can do except drop your support altogether - and very few people will do that.
Don't think you'll need to worry there. Club's probably had enough of Bebe flops for a lifetime.
That's the Muslim world. For occidentals is an aberration for human rights (I think they should change as well). But being honest they're not a dictatorship in the way that if they leave this would all change. It's rooted to the Muslim religion and culture much deeper that one family's reign.
As in because we’ll all stop following the team or because we’ll be executed by the new owners?
That would hardly happen in most Western nations either. They probably be permitted to try, but it would hardly be accepted in the court of public opinion in most countries. But you have some countries where it could happen - for instance there's a gay woman currently in charge of the Norwegian FF.
Iran is proof that the next generation (as well as many of the current) is rejecting this 'culture'.
Bruce Wayne.
Just got rid of the Ronaldo circus, last thing we need is an owner all over the Gotham Gazette overshadowing our on-field performances.
Just got rid of the Ronaldo circus, last thing we need is an owner all over the Gotham Gazette overshadowing our on-field performances.
Why do we deserve to be brought back to glory?
He kicked a racist bastard, but if you want to compare that to chopping up journalists be my guest.
It's actually alarming to see how fast the change is coming when it's suddenly our club in this situation.
The whataboutism is already out in full force.