The walkout was nice but it's a couple of years late already.
Saudi sports minister gives update on buying club from Glazers
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Well thank feck we have selfless and virtuous people like you to tell your friends what's right from wrong.
How dare they vote orange man.
How dare you call on the blatant hypocrisy displayed on this thread?
Next time you're going to accuse those poster of buying Chinese manufactured products.
Interesting. That’s Probably why we usually see one of those two. I dunno what’s better. An Inbred family(excuse my language)who has been allowed to put a whole club in debt to leech of our years of success. Or the Saudi’s.I think I actually prefer the Saudi’s
Can’t believe we are run by such a deluded man that has denied his baldness to such an extent that he somehow managed to walk around with a pony tail
Maybe one of the other siblings is hiding in the shadows waiting to take over and bring us back to glory. Very Star Wars esque!Interesting. That’s Probably why we usually see one of those two. I dunno what’s better. An Inbred family(excuse my language)who has been allowed to put a whole club in debt to leech of our years of success. Or the Saudi’s.I think I actually prefer the Saudi’s
Can’t believe we are run by such a deluded man that has denied his baldness to such an extent that he somehow managed to walk around with a pony tail
It always was. we just forgot. Rock of Gibraltor?
Well said.
Not to mention that half of fans here have United shirt or sneakers made by some 10y old kid who works for 1€ per day. But hey it is minor issue just like Saudis money being already in club and how we are trying to push our brand in SA which will bring us more money. But hey it is only 10-20 mil worth. It is nothing. What a hypocricy...
There seemed to be a link between Saudi Prince and Newcastle today earlier on the news. More hype and rubbish I suspect, however like Leeds they represent a big club with a solid fan base and the opportunity to build something big akin to City. More attractive proposition than United for them for the money involved.
Pining for Saudis as owners is dumb.
Sorry, but what a stupid and ignorant argument.
And we Swedes terrorized all of Europe multiple times in history. Germany almost destroyed the world just eighty years ago. Would I still accept a Swedish or German owner today? Or a another US or UK one? Hell yeah. I would actually still have a problem of any of those states would try to buy United but that will not ever happen so it does not need to discussed
Would I accept one of the Viking tribes, colonial Britain a couple of hundred years ago, the Americans that slaughtered almost all of the Indian tribes or India 100 years ago, the Nazis or China or the Saudis today? Hell no.
If you dont see the difference I pity you. I really do.
We aren't exactly spoiled for choice here, given our value its between an unethical immoral devil or an incompetent deep sea.
I’m more concerned about putting ‘Religion’ before both wife and kids
Wifi clearly should be second only to United This is big news in the local papers here in Newcastle. There are company structures already set up to accomodate the deal. Lots of evidence in local papers to support these claims. For a 300m investment the project would be so much easier for the Saudis than a 3000m hit at United.
And this is where it all started.
Morality issues aside, what makes you think the Saudis will be competent investors?
Because they wouldn't be investing to make money at the club, they'd be investing to make SA look good. They literally wouldn't tolerate anything less than being near the top of nigh on every metric.
Side question. I'm quite proud that, however much we hate the Glazers, I have never once seen anti-semitic abuse aimed towards them on this forum.
Is this because United fans aren't backward stupid bigoted fecks, or just because people are scared of bans? I really hope it's the former.
Is this because United fans aren't backward stupid bigoted fecks, or just because people are scared of bans? I really hope it's the former.
Nah... they are desperately worried about loss of oil revenues if global electrification accelerates. They want to bring games to the country, get sports tourism and stuff like that going on.
Saudis saw Dubai managed to turn itself into a tourism hub almost, and are trying to do the same. Idiots didn’t figure out you can only do that with a global airline creating stopover opportunities at the beginning.
They are more easily stereotyped for being greedy American capitalists for the leveraged takeover and then drawing money out of the club in bonuses and pay that it's not even worth going into religion and all that bullshit.
The difference is that unlike the Americans or the British, the Saudis right now, in the present, have their own citizens publicly beheaded and even crucified for criticizing the regime. If you want to shout racist for being against that, you deserve to be ignored.
Does it matter what their religious beliefs are ?
They are killing the club and I dislike them for that reason alone.
I couldn't care less if they worship a donkey in the local field and neither should anyone else.
I am 100% against a Saudi takeover.
Especially when there is nothing to suggest they actually want to buy the club.
Yes. Well, except for that bit about Salford. Other than one of our training grounds being there, there's no historical or current link to the place.
And to do all that they need a brand that is doing well to help with the same sportswashing that PSG and City have done. They can't do that if they tie their ship to a club and let it sink. If they are indeed buying Newcastle then be prepared for huge changes there in the next 3 years.
Or just buy the best brand there is in sport and watch bring tourists and adult Disney land to their nation. If their objective is a vehicle to market their country as a destination then United is the way to go, just imagine a preseason tournament that has City, Liverpool, Barca/Madrid and United with the added intrigue of United being owned by their Prince. The possibilities are endless.
Maybe anti-Semitism isn't as prevalent as it's made out in the press?
Far as I know there's no reason to tie the Glazers to Israel hence no abuse perhaps? Being brown or poor nowadays is a much bigger offence to the lowest common denominator in most countries than being Jewish it seems to me.
Personally, it has never entered my head until you mentioned it. Was it really a reason to bring it up? For me, no.
yes
you say all that - but if they were to buy and break transfer records, get united back on the rise etc all will be forgotten...unfortunately footy clubs are now businesses....and cash cows
I honestly think i'd stop supporting united if the saudis bought them.
Having lived in Newcastle for 30 years I can tell you now that the locals will have no real issues with this takeover on morality grounds. The Mags would have been Citeh if Ashley was not such a cock 10 years back. If it goes through then there will be a new powerhouse on the block with a real and large fan base unlike Citeh.
The Saudi's were an option to get rid of the Adams family but alas it looks like years of more dividends to the parasites, whilst we struggle.
The Saudi's were an option to get rid of the Adams family but alas it looks like years of more dividends to the parasites, whilst we struggle.
Yay - more competition
anyone who removes Woodward from his point has my support at this point
sums up what i think. Everyone thinks their own government has some moral high ground borne out of ignorance. All governments are dirty, some are better at hiding it as far as im concerned
Aye hear hear
The race thing might be instructive in a way you might not expect.
Your problem here which some others keep doing is conflating private business people of today with murderous governments and regimes past and present. United fans wouldn't like a US murderous government of today buying the club. What you also do is try to go back hundred years to find bad European regimes as if this anything to do with today or private people.. The British Empire is not looking to buy United.
If a Swedish Viking regime existed today and killed people and stoned women in a district in Sweden and then wanted to buy United to sportwash their crimes, they would not be welcome, no race comes in to it.
There's no problem with a Swedish, Saudi or American business person of whatever race buying United.
What is your problem and can you question yourself?
Well said!
Those selective moral high ground saints on this forum will disagree with their weird reasoning.
Sure they're all dirty, but few are Saudi levels of dirty. That's the point people are making here.
We live in a dirty world but it has its shades of black white and grey.
It's a thanks but no thanks from me anyway, in case MBS & fam were wondering.