Seems like Sir Jim truly is red through and through. He has the exact same bidding policy as us...
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Can we assume from this that Jassim and INEOs are the only two bidding outright/majority stake and the other bids are investors/minority stake only?
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I vaguely understand how one bidder might miss the deadline. But how did both?
Something very strange going on
Something very strange going on
Not really, no.
Ornstein says bids have gone in and they are not from Jassim or SJR.
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Kaveh the new Tier 1 on this? If I remember waaay back at the start it was Sky that broke that the Glazers were open to selling
Optimus Prime incoming
Looks like it, Keegan’s definitely well informed for Qatar, even with this most recent mishap.
Why not?
Why have only INEOs and 92 bids been granted an extension?
I'm reading in that the other proposals are much smaller in number and so will be minority stake, so don't need an extension.
Why wouldn't they put a bid him after a having a lovely tour and the Megastore?
Englishman - lemme buy your club using more debt and let hedge funds bleed you dry in the background over the next few decades. Don't worry, we're better than those pesky Americans.
Qataris - lemme buy your club using straight cash, commit pay for full stadium renovations and commit to a massive transfer chest for the next few years at minimum. Don't worry, were not linked to the state.
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The ultra rich lie, cheat and steal to get what they want. Maybe folks are more sensitive to issues surrounding Qatar now. It's a bit harder to wrap your head around but Radcliffe is a generational recipient of success on the backs of English slavery and colonialism. In an anachronistic way there isn't a lot between them in that regard.
And there certainly is no moral high ground to be had here. But one option actually means taking care of Manchester United in a way that has been lacking for over a decade. And that's the Sheiks bid.
Qataris - lemme buy your club using straight cash, commit pay for full stadium renovations and commit to a massive transfer chest for the next few years at minimum. Don't worry, were not linked to the state.
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The ultra rich lie, cheat and steal to get what they want. Maybe folks are more sensitive to issues surrounding Qatar now. It's a bit harder to wrap your head around but Radcliffe is a generational recipient of success on the backs of English slavery and colonialism. In an anachronistic way there isn't a lot between them in that regard.
And there certainly is no moral high ground to be had here. But one option actually means taking care of Manchester United in a way that has been lacking for over a decade. And that's the Sheiks bid.
Hopefully it serves to confirm that the Glazers DO want to sell... enough that more time was granted for the 2 big boys to put in their bids.
If both bids were around 4.5b...
then that would mean based on the shares INEOS apparently want they are outbidding Qatar by a fair way.
Qataris and SJR are adamant they've placed bids.
Not falling for none of this. How did other bidders manage to get in and out of OT with nobody knowing?
And if they did, why was SJR and the Qataris visit publicised and nobody else was?
And if they did, why was SJR and the Qataris visit publicised and nobody else was?
And here's the rub. The Glazers are chasing a humongous price. They will keep pushing back any artificial deadlines set until they are certain the interested parties won't go any higher.
It would not be a huge shock if we learned that the bids actually had gone in, yet the Glazers decided to act like they hadn't just to try and squeeze a bit more out or entice a gazumper in.
All this talk of six to eight offers. Where were these guys when Richard Arnold was showing Sheikh Jassim's team and INEOS around? This is all a Glazer charade to try and dupe someone to putting a stupidly large offer in.
Sure sure whatever helps you sleep
So the Hedge Funds have made their bids. The Glazers NDA has really protected them through this process, the Rickets who got chased away from the Chelsea process would have had no problems buying united.
Wonder how many of the bids involve the Glazers remaining in control
Wonder how many of the bids involve the Glazers remaining in control
Because they didn’t leak their arrival to the sun in advance? The two bidders that have gone public have decided to do so for a reason. It really isn’t outside the realm of possibility that bidders are keeping quiet at this stage.
While these are good questions, I'd also be surprised if there were only two parties interested in one of the biggest sporting brands in the world, maybe the others just got sent the relevant financial rather than travelling to Manchester, can't imagine that would be too hard to accommodate
The ones who are keeping quiet are doing it because they are likely not going to be very popular with the fanbase. It's clearly more yank blood suckers.
You may have a point here.
Laurie Whitewell's been pretty consistent that it's just INEOS v Qatar.
This is a phenomenally stupid post. Still, as long as you're able to rationalize it...
Have either of these crooked billionaires publicly stated how they are going to improve the piss poor pies at Old Trafford?
I'd expect if there are 8 bids then at least z few will be americsn hedge funds, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was at least one other middle Eastern bid, that doesn't want a public pissing contest with Qatar and are staying anonymous for that reason.
If it wasn't for this drama, there'd literally be no news on United, since speculation on transfers is frozen at the moment.
The Muppets should be happy, if anything
The Muppets should be happy, if anything
If your going to spend billions, you want the full presentation and tour that’s on offer.
If there were other delegations doing the rounds we'd have heard. United is not Fort Knox.
Someone would have been papped, a newspaper would have paid a cleaner or a steward some cash for a scoop, it'd be doing the rounds in Manchester after people who work at the club discussed their working day with friends and family.
There are no other bidders. All this talk of eight other bidders is, to me, an obvious bluff to get Nine Two and/or INEOS to chuck a couple more zeroes on their bids.
Hopefully Raine aren't as much of a prick about granting the extension as my lecturer in college was when I asked if I could hand in an assignment a day late to go to my aunt's funeral.
Not if they're trying to stay anonymous which clearly any other bidders are
This is pure speculation. These could be yanks who don't need to travel to OT. Probably met the Glazers in Florida.
While there might be other bidders, I struggle to believe there's 6 or even 8 more. Sounds like monitoring the situation and buying at the right price.
Also, if everyone else got an extension, why would only the publicly announced bidders take advantage? I call bullshit.
Also, if everyone else got an extension, why would only the publicly announced bidders take advantage? I call bullshit.
That is the real question. The beer is piss poor too, should be fixed too.
The BBC and other sources reported that bidders were on site all week last week. Only 2 visits had pr
Well if other bidders going to buy this club without even taking a look at the infrastructure surely we don’t want them!
But I’m still not buying it.
Only the publicly known bidders require an extension.
But I’m still not buying it.
Only the publicly known bidders require an extension.
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We've all been fans of this club long enough to know when stuff happens everyone hears.
There are tons of people who work at United, who are diehard fans and they talk. They don't go blabbing. But word gets out.
People know who's been let into Carrington. People know if suddenly a group of people checks into the Radisson or something. Word gets around town.
There has been nothing. Unless United is being bought by the CIA, how the hell did eight delegations get in and out for deep dives without anyone knowing?
There are paparazzi who virtually live outside of Carrington and Old Trafford and take pictures of randoms all day in the hope one of them will turn out to be important. Yet we are meant to believe that delegations, besides those of Sir Jim and Sheikh Jassim, got in and out without anyone seeing after hours of meetings? Give over.
People like Laurie, like Andy Mitten who have links in will be speaking to people on the ground and getting good intelligence. I would be shocked if there were more than the two serious bids we know about.
A game of chess being played out between the two public bidders imo. It seems like INEOS asked for a extension to gain a advantage and the Qatari group got wind of it and also took up the offer of the extension.
The merchant bank and the Glazers also seem to be creating a ghost bidding scenario imo.
The merchant bank and the Glazers also seem to be creating a ghost bidding scenario imo.
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