Probably just generates more clicks.
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What is the exact rule? Doesn't Ratcliffe also own another club?
Oh I remember it all well.
As someone covered this last week, it's the club we support, the whole focus on the owners, who are minimal to the club.
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Utter rubbish.
Was it changed when the Glazers took us over? I bet people said the same then. Has City or Newcastle's dentity changed?
We will barely know the difference with the Qatari's in charge. Maybe they'll show their faces at a match every now and again, but the 'face' of the company won't be any different.
to be fair obviously City’s identity has changed, massively.
For you, the worst thing that could happen to the club is the owner taking dividends. For others, it's the owners being autocratic rulers that subjugate other human beings. People are different.
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I mean they literally changed their kit colours to match the Saudi flag..
Why's it that hard to believe that allegiance to the club might not carry the same weight for everyone? Being a supporter for you might be life or death, support the club through anything, but for others, it's simply entertainment, and as soon as said entertainment runs afoul of their principles, it's easy to check-out.
PSG involved?. I hate this bid even more
Becoming competitive isn't changing an identity. They've still got the same history, legends, stilll wear the same colours and are still a small club in Manchester.
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I really hope Beckham has nothing to do with the Qatari bid.
The guy has his snout in everything. What makes him the best candidate to get the fans on board? I can name 100 people I'd choose before him.
Didn't he get exposed a few years ago for doing lots of disingenuous work for good P.R in the hunt for an MBE.
Go away.
The guy has his snout in everything. What makes him the best candidate to get the fans on board? I can name 100 people I'd choose before him.
Didn't he get exposed a few years ago for doing lots of disingenuous work for good P.R in the hunt for an MBE.
Go away.
'I'm sure the woman's team will be excited'
keep seeing this. as if PSG and City don't have a woman's team, are they protesting at every game? or do they just collect they're wages and play football?
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Sure, but it's not like they've never had green away kits before - in fact it's a fairly common colour scheme.
If they'd changed their home kit like the Cardiff owner did, then that would be a big issue.
Yeh let’s use @Nori- instead to be the face of this bid!
One thing about Becks is he cares about this club.
I beg to differ. It will hang over the club like a dark cloud. You can guarantee the media, rival fans and the like will absolutely hold this against the club, and will delight in haranguing us about our hypocrisy at every game. We won’t be allowed to forget about migrant workers, women’s rights, lgbt issues, journalist murders and we will have ‘bought’ every trophy we win post takeover cheapening ETHs achievements.
In a business sense he’d probably do wonders for us. Seems relatively successful away from the football pitch.
I think there are more pressing issues regarding the potential of this takeover.
I don't believe he cares as much as you like to think.
He's all about lining his pockets and building the Beckham brand. Always has been. Luckily for him associating himself with one of the biggest sporting brands in the world (Man Utd) + one of the richest families in the world (Qatari's) works out great for him.
In actuality, you hardly ever see Citeh or Guardiola getting their accomplishments downplayed in the press because of their dubious owners.
In fact you rarely ever hear it brought up at all unless there's a scandal/investigation going on
No. The Glazers aren’t a state and the club was successful in spite of them in any case.
Err…Yes!
Neither of those clubs have the kind of history or identity that United has. Indeed, comparatively speaking both had pretty much had neither prior to their current ownership (though Newcastle obviously haven’t had any success yet).
Guess these are the final weeks / months of me being a United (and probably football altogether) supporter...damn...
You get a like from me as well
Please go silently as the rest of us would like to enjoy this new era.
Qatar please. New Stadium and Mbappe please. Thank you please.
Completely disagree. The media never really raises issues with ME ownership of these clubs these days (I'd assume to stay in the good graces), and quite frankly who gives a feck what other clubs fans say. We've gotten ridiculed for 10 years now for being laughably incompetent for a huge club.
The tap-in merchant ensuring he’s got all bases covered.
Manchester United or not Manchester United may or may not sell the club to the Qataris, not the Qataris, Saudis, not the Saudis, Elon Musk, not Elon Musk, Jim Radcliffe or not Jim Radcliffe. Here we go!!
Make it happen! 
I don't give a rats ass about rival fans and the media, they have been 'haranguing' Utd since before i was around and will be haranging Utd long after i'm gone.
Utd belong at the very top of club football and owners are needed that can restore and maintain this. Someone mentioned City being changed by new owners, thats true in their case because they have a long history of being sh%&e and now are really good.
Take your own advice there I'd say, most of us would rather not listen to that kind of needlessly aggressive acting the bollocks. Especially when you're completely wrong.
Elon Musk in is the best we can hope for now
Really wish Romano was just banned or seen as tier 3. Frustratingly lame "ITK"
I agree with this but on a global scale it makes sense if it happens from the Qatat side, he's still synonymous with United on global scale and they wouldn't have some ex-United player like Paul Scholes being in that "ambassador" role, although there isn't anything recent that suggest it, only something from a few months ago that might have been usual media clickbait.
He's 'associated' with Man Utd because he's one of our biggest and most iconic academy exports. Of course he fecking cares about the club ffs.
Wonder if the buyout of Man Utd is also going to involve taking us off the stock exchange
Yeah... that's not gonna happen. Once you see a fluid front three of Mbappe, Rashford, Garnacho you'll be back!
I just want us to be the dominant force in a way Real are, with 10 European cups at least, only Qatar can make it happen
Stronge point of contention.
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Far too many complete and total pricks in this thread.
Forum really needs a culling at this stage.
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