I think it'll be Americans taking over as part of a consortium like our sale. Or an investor who will remain silent allowing Glazers to continue running the club, but gives them the extra cash boost they would like.
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How serious have the rumours of a United interest been in Dubai?
And yet you have to give some evidence
People keep saying that - what’s this based on
Ambani would be cool, his wife and kids seem to be sports fans, they own cricket and football franchises in India and are known to run things there quite well.
Plot twist: Ronaldo will buy Man Utd.
Would sacrifice jan transfer window in exchange for the Glazers to feck off.
We don't need them to be as rich. The club itself makes enough money on it's own to be fairly competitive when it's not getting robbed. The club's money together with Dubai's money will put every target within our reach.
But it's less about the money and more about the intent. Arabs love football, know football, and want the prestige that comes with winning. And will work towards that end. Likely they will seek out competent people to put in the club and hopefully end the jobs-for-the-boys policy. This is what we need a lot more than money - competitive drive and competence. Dubai is the best case scenario, in my opinion.
Yep, that’s a major point that is being overlooked. We don’t need owners as rich as the richest. We just need to be able to spend what we generate with some investment which is not on the scale of others. We’d be able to compete with anyone.
I highly doubt there would be much activity in the January window even if Glazers were staying.
This is potentially considerably bigger than any single transfer window
Aaah, so that's why he didn't ask for contract termination compensation...
Cheers for the insight, hoping for a brighter chapter for us fans.
I will be uneasy if we are bought by any Middle Eastern buyer. Their record of human rights, treatment of women (women who have reported rape have been jailed for being drunk), workers rights etc etc in Dubai are almost on a par with Qatar or Saudi Arabia. As odious as the Glazers were, Dubai or Saudi will be worse
It'll be Americans i suspect. If a full sale happens
if we could get this wrapped up soon the new owners can make their statement signing in January 
To attract buyers, no.
To attract an extra 750 million to a billion for a fraction of that price, it does its job.
Already own a tiny stake in both Dortmund and Juventus, but don't see them taking a majority stake in any football club as I don't see the NBIM as anything but a passive owner - which rules out controlling a football club.
Excellent news.
Having Sheikh Hamdan as the face of the owners wouldn't be so bad. He got a very likeable vibe about him. Didn't know he was a United fan though (knew his deceased brother was) - which makes it better.
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Actually, to be fair, if there is any logic to their spending (!) I think you've probably called it there!
The craziness of it is that we don't need the players to sell the brand, the club has a big enough name already, more success is what would really take us up a level, but I suppose that is harder to do...
Yeah, they actually do, they are close friends with the previous PM of Isael. They openly supported Busch and Trump with thier donations.
I am part of a minority in here who would rather be owned by Dubai/Saudi/Qatari guys then by American consortiums. The reason is that they seem to know how football operate, they have the right attitude and quite frankly they are doing nothing morally wise that the typical US billionaire wouldn't do if allowed to. I agree with your line however we can't deny that at least City is being well run as well. Which means that if everything goes according to script in the end this will be reduced to very fine margins ie who has the most money to spend.
This is pie in the sky stuff. The overall commitment muight be £6bn+ but the sale itself will be much less.
Dubai would probably be one of my preferred choices. I'd feel confident they know what they're doing whereas I wouldn't with American owners.
Do you think so? US buyers are mostly on the way out (Hicks, Gillett, the Glazers, Liverpool owners etc). Its evident that football is not paying off as it used to do
I was close then.
They don’t have to be. All these owners can afford 200/300m summer spends, that’s all that matters. There’s wealth of the owners and there’s effective wealth. We don’t even need a mega rich owner, just someone who lets us spend what we earn would be plenty enough
Wait, aren't Dubai and Abu Dhabi both cities of the same country UAE? What's the difference in ownership?
Transfer fees are going up in an exponential way though
They are distinct emirates in a state that incorporates seven different emirates, governed by different families. The most powerful and wealthy emirate of the seven is Abu Dhabi by far.
Maybe a few years ago at the height of Mbappe madness but I dont really see fees rising that much since?
Where does Sharjah rank on the rich list?
Maybe they'd value it at £8bn but only sell 15-20% stake...
Nothing. Just a super successful entrepreneur who does not fit the mainstream narrative
I’m not sure, certainly behind Abu Dhabi and Dubai. I don’t know much about the other emirates except that Sharjah is an Air Arabia hub.
Bush and Trump for their rubbish politics were democratically elected leaders.
The question I have is why now? Why are both Liverpool and Manchester United being put up for sale at the same time? Seems to me that there are a few things in play:
Failure of European Superleague makes UCL qualification uncertain
Resurgiance of Arsenal and Newcastle makes UCL qualification even more uncertain
Return of high interest rates makes it financially impossible to compete with oil clubs or even lucky clubs on a run of form
Global recession means financially exposed American sports franchises have to contract and retrench
All of this points to the urgent need to finacially restructure the English game or these instabilities start looking like a bubble...
Failure of European Superleague makes UCL qualification uncertain
Resurgiance of Arsenal and Newcastle makes UCL qualification even more uncertain
Return of high interest rates makes it financially impossible to compete with oil clubs or even lucky clubs on a run of form
Global recession means financially exposed American sports franchises have to contract and retrench
All of this points to the urgent need to finacially restructure the English game or these instabilities start looking like a bubble...
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