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Stretty News posted this opinion piece earlier, it's since been edited, but you can read the original here.


Not sure how we can accept comments like the one this twitter user has highlighted as a fan base to be honest. How are trans supporters of the club supposed to feel reading bile like this?
And people say sports washing doesn’t exist….
 

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As the Elliot news showed yesterday, it's perfectly possible we end up with some god awful asset stripping US hedge fund and the entire Ratcliffe v Qatar debate is rendered pointless.
 

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I hope this is tongue in cheek. I've been involved in business deals with Qataris in the past and my own experience is that they mean what they say and their word can be trusted. British businessmen with Sir in front of their names, maybe not so much,
100% it was.

I do think there’s a national element to this, so Ratcliffe has the edge even though the Ineos bid is inferior in terms of real detail and commitments competitively to the Qatari bid.
 

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Yet they praise the food at the Etihad and how lucky Newcastle were to get bought by the Saudi's. Let's get it right they don't want Manchester United being bought by an oil rich owner. We are doing well at the moment and it's terrifies them how good we could become.
100% this. The thought of a Middle East backed United is causing the league to shit themselves especially when they’d be committed to winning and not profits.
 

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It doesn't matter at all because he's obviously just a front man for a state purchase.

Do you remember this guy when City was bought by Abu Dhabi?



Very few do and he hasn't been seen since at City.
That guy was sidelined because he had a big mouth and was making embarrassingly bombastic claims of signing CR7 and others immediately following the takeover.
 

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I have seen nothing to suggest that.
Human rights and state ownership is all I've seen being called out.

INEOS have pushed the local lad, British owner angle as a means of manipulation. Some of it seems to have stuck with some, but I don't see much in the way of racism.
Doesn’t have to be expressly stated in order for it to be true. There is an element that only a Brit should purchase the club and only a Brit could truly understand what the club is about, if you read between the lines. Objectively the Qatar bid is better than Ineos, but that still isn’t enough.
 

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I have seen nothing to suggest that.
Human rights and state ownership is all I've seen being called out.

INEOS have pushed the local lad, British owner angle as a means of manipulation. Some of it seems to have stuck with some, but I don't see much in the way of racism.
There is a bit there now. People laughing at how someone from Qatar could possibly be a United fan was a monumentally stupid point to make that lasted a few pages on here
 

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Had someone argue today at OT that Radcliffe being a Chelsea fan is worse than the Qatari regime’s homophobic and misogynistic laws because they won’t affect us as fans.
Those looking at reasons to dislike the Qataris' coming due to issues with LGBTQ+ I don't see any exclusion in any form at City or PSG. Manchester is not in Qatar. The prospective owners are educated in England from an early age and know British culture.

We really have very little power to dictate who owns the club. Just hope we have owners who don't take too much out of the club and most importantly keep us on top of sporting success. I echo Neville when he says the new owners should give us the best in class.
 

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I have heard a few fans who suggest if the Qataris take over we will be so successful it will get boring. Success will not be that sweet. PSG or City have not yet been successful in Europe. Anyway, as a fan, I will never get bored of watching the best talents doing their business at Old Trafford.
 

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100% this. The thought of a Middle East backed United is causing the league to shit themselves especially when they’d be committed to winning and not profits.
They don't like that we are a threat now. A lot thought ETH would fail, slagging off his signings. Those first two results were manna from heaven for them. Now we have to get the right owner who will let that continue. Just let the man do his job, back him, make OT the best stadium in the world. Sorted.
 

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As the Elliot news showed yesterday, it's perfectly possible we end up with some god awful asset stripping US hedge fund and the entire Ratcliffe v Qatar debate is rendered pointless.
Not followed this too closely over the last 24 hours, but have they actually launched a bid?

I thought it was more likely that if they get involved, they'll probably back up another (main) bidder in some capacity or other (I mean rather than trying to buy a share majority themselves).
 

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That guy was sidelined because he had a big mouth and was making embarrassingly bombastic claims of signing CR7 and others immediately following the takeover.
Yeah from what I remember he was a clown, didn't he buy Portsmouth?

But anyway he was just the front man, it's likely Sheikh Jassim will be the same.
 

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I have heard a few fans who suggest if the Qataris take over we will be so successful it will get boring. Success will not be that sweet. PSG or City have not yet been successful in Europe. Anyway, as a fan, I will never get bored of watching the best talents doing their business at Old Trafford.
Agree
 

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I have heard a few fans who suggest if the Qataris take over we will be so successful it will get boring. Success will not be that sweet. PSG or City have not yet been successful in Europe. Anyway, as a fan, I will never get bored of watching the best talents doing their business at Old Trafford.
Not sure about boring, unless city get relegated, pool sack klopp, Chelsea stay midtable and we walk the league every year. It would feel a bit hollow I guess, especially if we could sign players freely shutout like without worry about consequences.
 

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Stretty News posted this opinion piece earlier, it's since been edited, but you can read the original here.


Not sure how we can accept comments like the one this twitter user has highlighted as a fan base to be honest. How are trans supporters of the club supposed to feel reading bile like this?
Its remarkable how some of these "authors" have the privilege of living in and leveraging the infrastructure of a free society, then use it to promote autocratic values of far away countries because they happen to share the same religion as them. Also very interesting that this guy had to scurry back to edit some of the vitriol out of his initial piece, probably because someone had a word with him.
 

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Clubs need money both on the pitch and in infrastructure. Let us not be pretentious, like it or not, there are no perfect owners we just need owners with deep pockets. Get rid of debts from the clubs' books.

It's a pretty open secret If there is no sale the club is going down a dark tunnel with increasing debts and banks getting jittery with our present owners. The Glazers will carry on taking their share and any spending is just being loaded on the club.
 

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Not sure about boring, unless city get relegated, pool sack klopp, Chelsea stay midtable and we walk the league every year. It would feel a bit hollow I guess, especially if we could sign players freely shutout like without worry about consequences.
To be fair we haven’t seen this level of talent concentrated in one league before.
Previously you had the best team in the world in one league but the second best team is in another and the third somewhere else with little separating the three.
This will force the chasing pack to become that second or third team fighting for number 1 in the same league.
Kind of like how City were the best in Europe but the second best were Liverpool, or even vice Versa if you like.
A team can only have one squad full and even then a certain amount of guaranteed starters and quality
 

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Elliot need hounding. Need to make it very clear this is a non starter.
 

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Not followed this too closely over the last 24 hours, but have they actually launched a bid?

I thought it was more likely that if they get involved, they'll probably back up another (main) bidder in some capacity or other (I mean rather than trying to buy a share majority themselves).
Speaking of Elliot and godawful asset strippers

 

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As the Elliot news showed yesterday, it's perfectly possible we end up with some god awful asset stripping US hedge fund and the entire Ratcliffe v Qatar debate is rendered pointless.
How could the Glazers ever justify taking this option when there's so much better than this been offered to them?
 

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Elliot need hounding. Need to make it very clear this is a non starter.
Yep, fans can't change much but we can make it all feel a bit toxic. I swear, if the Glazers stay after all this, I'm rioting.
 

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The can feck right off if they're offering an avenue for the Glazers to stay on...
 

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Yeah from what I remember he was a clown, didn't he buy Portsmouth?

But anyway he was just the front man, it's likely Sheikh Jassim will be the same.
Was arrested a few years ago, I seem to remember. Some kind of money thing (of course).
 

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A key line in the piece - Sources involved with the bidding process have told ESPN that Elliott Management's proposal is for "possible financing, not a bid for the club."
 

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Doesn’t make sense, they’re not being forced to sell. This is them cashing out
Edit why is he reporting old news anyway?
Would let Joel and the other twat consistently reported to be against selling to buy out the rest of the family.
 

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Not sure about boring, unless city get relegated, pool sack klopp, Chelsea stay midtable and we walk the league every year. It would feel a bit hollow I guess, especially if we could sign players freely shutout like without worry about consequences.
I think the difference between United and City is that we have our money and legacy secured. Qatar is not going to make us a "big club to compete for titles' like they did with City, we already are one. And they don't even need to invest a shitton on players either. We just need help about the off-field stuff. The club itself afterwards has more than enough revenue generation to buy the best players in the world afterwards.
 
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