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Club Sale | It’s done!
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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"I propose... 5 billion and ONE."
Radcliffe has announced his bid now
Now his outside the local pub asking anyone who’ll listen to “lend me a fiver”
Sponsorship is not the same as ownership.
SJR bid value?
He's almost 80?
Get the tables.
Local lad... in bed with Wall Street banks... It's a no from me.
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Yeah they seem a bit clueless there. Didn't Sky just say the record was over 3b dollars?5B is easily smashing the world record fee for any sports franchise worldwide in history though
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Because it suits your agenda?
My poor cock.
"Dear Glazers,
I really really have loads of money. My offer is as follows.
Anything the Qatari's offer minus 1 billion.
Please don't feel an need to rush with your response. No like really take as much time as you need. It's totally fine.
Kind Regards"
Can we just make it a rule for people to use currencies when talking about the numbers? Or maybe use if you're not talking about £££s
Brexit means Brexit
Jim Ratcliff not Sky sports
I'm sure the Glazers will ignore the higher bid from the Qataris once they know that Sir Ratcliffe is the long term custodian for the club.
And you genuinely believe that too.
"Oh no, they just pay us blood money to sponsor the club, not own it."
Feck its a bidding war! fecking Glazers theyre so lucky after mismanaging the club for so long.
Debt means more debt.
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Wall street foundation?
I think it's naive in the extreme to believe nearly anything the Qataris say. They might preach to be Utd fans and they'll give you this spiel about investing in the club but it's really just PR to try and win over fans. These people talk about investing in the women's team despite the fact their record of treating women is absolutely horrendous. Why would anyone believe a word they say?
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Said this in another thread, but - while I would also prefer not to have what is effectively nation state ownership, we have to think rationally about this. Can we ever know the full extent of the dealings of any purchaser/investor? Do we know what are the ethical standpoints of all of our current sponsors? Do we agree with those? So should we boycott or protest the club?
QIB, the apparent investor, is a bank owned by QIA. According to Wikipedia, QIA also hold significant investments in Heathrow airport, Volkswagen and Barclays. If the deal goes thorough the implication is that we should avoid/boycott these institutions too?
That's the problem, the league, the media, government, everyone let themselves down by allowing the leeches to leverage their way into the club. The true villains of the piece
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Its all a bit vague Jim. Stadium? Investments?
And long may it continue... No superbowls
GL Jim but my heart is already swimming in oil money
His bid doesn’t seem debt-free to the club, no?
Probably worse since you have a choice.
Ratcliffe's got no chance. If Qatar want it, they'll get it.
Nice
It's a bid but tabled from Dagenham. Brexit means Brexit, geezer.
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