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Jassim is just crunching through his numbers under different circumstances to make sure what the best offer needs or should be. Going through each line item if need be. A deal this big will have changes in one line item affecting possibly many other issues/items.

Lots of 'what if' discussions internally.

He has a business model.
I still find it hilarious people actually think it's his money. Hahaha.

He's no more than a puppet in this game. To buy Utd outright without loans you'd have to be worth easy 25/30bn as nobody is sinking 100% or even 50% of their net worth into buying a football club.

Sheikh Jassim isn't even worth more than Sir Jim on his own. He's not crunching anything. This bid is from much higher up in Qatar. He's been chosen as the front man as he was educated in the UK and claims to be a big Utd fan.
 

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Wouldn't worry about it.

I was browsing back through this thread and this is what they were saying over a month ago.




They know shit all about it. It's just them spoon feeding morons on twitter bs for clicks.
 

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Genuine unrelated question, If the state of Qatar offered you £100m no strings attached, would you take it? Or if that seems too far fetched, work for them for a year with whatever you do. Would you take it?
I'm pretty sure most of the CAF would take it!
 

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There never was a deadline. It’s a business deal not a transfer window.

Next you’ll be complaining they aren’t talking to Sheikh Jassim through the window of his car outside Doha Tower
They spoke of deadlines, I didn’t. First there was a deadline, then there was more time and now there’s no deadline at all. Maybe they shouldn’t call it a deadline in the first place if it isn’t a deadline.
 

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They spoke of deadlines, I didn’t. First there was a deadline, then there was more time and now there’s no deadline at all. Maybe they shouldn’t call it a deadline in the first place if it isn’t a deadline.
Who actually said there was a deadline?
 

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They spoke of deadlines, I didn’t. First there was a deadline, then there was more time and now there’s no deadline at all. Maybe they shouldn’t call it a deadline in the first place if it isn’t a deadline.
Maybe. Maybe don’t believe everything you read in the tabloids!
 

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Genuine unrelated question, If the state of Qatar offered you £100m no strings attached, would you take it? Or if that seems too far fetched, work for them for a year with whatever you do. Would you take it?
Just to be clear the choice you are offering is £100m or the opportunity to be a migrant worker?! :wenger:
 

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Genuine unrelated question, If the state of Qatar offered you £100m no strings attached, would you take it? Or if that seems too far fetched, work for them for a year with whatever you do. Would you take it?
If that was the only one offering me millions, and I had no other way to make millions, yes.

But if Ineos was offering me 90m, I'd prefer that.

There should be a caveat about what I'd be doing. I don't think I'd take 100m to be in charge of imprisoning LGBTQ+ people, or being in charge of shitting on migrant workers. I probably wouldn't take it to actively cover up and lie about those either. Similar with Ineos. I wouldn't take 90m to be in charge of illegally dumping chemicals and poisoning water or covering that up. Maybe that's moral relativism on my part, so be it.
 

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I still find it hilarious people actually think it's his money. Hahaha.

He's no more than a puppet in this game. To buy Utd outright without loans you'd have to be worth easy 25/30bn as nobody is sinking 100% or even 50% of their net worth into buying a football club.

Sheikh Jassim isn't even worth more than Sir Jim on his own. He's not crunching anything. This bid is from much higher up in Qatar. He's been chosen as the front man as he was educated in the UK and claims to be a big Utd fan.
If it wasn't his money -- why wouldn't he just put the bid in for an extra billion and close the deal since a billion to the state of Qatar is peanuts?

And no Arab state wants to look desperate or small time by dragging out this process for a measly billion. (Qatar did spend over 220 billion bucks for a temporary event after all!)

Then what's the point of sportswashing project when you slow walk this; making you look cheap or even poor for a rich country like Qatar?
 

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The Forbes estimate is nonsense

The Sunday Times have him at £2bn (already double of Forbes) and even that is going to be a massive underestimate as based only on publicly available info

You only have to read the history of the deals he's been involved in (the Shard, Harrods, Barclays Bank, Sainsbury's etc) and the things he owns (£300m yacht, £200m Picasso etc) to know he's clearly worth many multiples more than what public info might show

I have no doubt he can afford to buy the club, and anyway there are going to be financial institutions involved and maybe even consortium of other investors
Even if it’s off by a few billion, he still wouldn’t have enough to buy United outright, promise a new stadium, massive annual transfer budgets and beyond.

As was mentioned elsewhere by MTF, having managed the sovereign wealth fund wouldn’t yield the manager many billions without massive corruption, which of course the Qataris are well familiar with given out they bribed their into getting the World Cup.
 

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Stock market closed up less than 1%. Clearly Wall Street doesn't think anything is happening soon
 

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Jassim is just crunching through his numbers under different circumstances to make sure what the best offer needs or should be. Going through each line item if need be. A deal this big will have changes in one line item affecting possibly many other issues/items.

Lots of 'what if' discussions internally.

He has a business model.
Yes, possibly.

It may well be that the Qataris are still fully engaged in the process and will make a substantial bid over the weekend, but are trying to make the Glazers sweat in the interim.

Alternatively, I imagine that if they truly believe that the Glazers have no intention of selling (short of receiving an insane offer that nobody in their right minds would make), then I suspect they would rather save face by walking away on their own terms, than allow there to be any public perception that they have been "rejected" or, even worse, "beaten" by another bidder (including a minority investor).
 

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If it wasn't his money -- why wouldn't he just put the bid in for an extra billion and close the deal since a billion to the state of Qatar is peanuts?

And no Arab state wants to look desperate or small time by dragging out this process for a measly billion. (Qatar did spend over 220 billion bucks for a temporary event after all!)

Then what's the point of sportswashing project when you slow walk this; making you look cheap or even poor for a rich country like Qatar?
I’m pretty sure the State of Qatars remit doesn’t include looking like a soft touch in business deals
 

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I’m pretty sure the State of Qatars remit doesn’t include looking like a soft touch in business deals
Sure. But it doesn't prove that it's the state's money either like the poster claimed and insisted.

There are so many unknowns -- untill we know who the contributors to his foundation are, it's all speculative.
 

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Sure. But it doesn't prove that it's the state's money either like the poster claimed and insisted.

There are so many unknowns -- untill we know who the contributors to his foundation are, it's all speculative.
yeah nothing can prove it at this stage, it’s all speculation

it just seems unlikely this guy has enough wealth based on what we know about him
 

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Wouldn't worry about it.

I was browsing back through this thread and this is what they were saying over a month ago.




They know shit all about it. It's just them spoon feeding morons on twitter bs for clicks.
You’re shitting me?
 

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If it wasn't his money -- why wouldn't he just put the bid in for an extra billion and close the deal since a billion to the state of Qatar is peanuts?

And no Arab state wants to look desperate or small time by dragging out this process for a measly billion. (Qatar did spend over 220 billion bucks for a temporary event after all!)

Then what's the point of sportswashing project when you slow walk this; making you look cheap or even poor for a rich country like Qatar?
He's a very rich man but he isn't worth the money it would take to buy Utd in cash without loans. You are aware of this right?

Even the Qataris don't want to be ripped off it seems.
 

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yeah nothing can prove it at this stage, it’s all speculation

it just seems unlikely this guy has enough wealth based on what we know about him
I have said before I think he has a different business model and that's why he can afford a bigger bid. It's part generational -- a 70y.os world view of how a business runs, a conglomerate structure versus a more digital age ecosystem model.
He will have a consortium of partners and play to the strength of his rolodax of partners -- from media to property development, sports etc

If jassim doesn't do this and wants to go with just a basic multi-club model then he's dumb. Then SJR has the natural advantage.
 

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If Qatar pays 6 billion for us, you'd be a mug to think this club isnt going to go dominate in the very near future. This is a regime who clearly wants to have the biggest cock at the urinal.
Yep just like PSG dominated World Football, oh wait..
 

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It used to be me because other clubs were doing better than my club. I want mine to be the best and this is the fastest way. Life is short. I want titles. Completely superficial? Absolutely. This is football.
Fecking hell mate. :lol:

At least you admit it. Fair play.
 

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He's a very rich man but he isn't worth the money it would take to buy Utd in cash without loans. You are aware of this right?

Even the Qataris don't want to be ripped off it seems.
They just spent 220billion for a 4 weeks event. You think they want to quibble over a few hundred million difference for the appearance of not looking foolish? It would be like Ronaldo arguing over the price of his paint job on his lambo.
 

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They just spent 220billion for a 4 weeks event. You think they want to quibble over a few hundred million difference for the appearance of not looking foolish? It would be like Ronaldo arguing over the price of his paint job on his lambo.
I think you're getting confused mate.
I'm saying Qatar ARE behind the bid, not just one Qatari guy who isn't anywhere near wealthy enough to chuck 6bn at the Glazers then another 2-3bn in infrastructure whilst he's at it.

Going off everything we know about him he's incredibly rich compared to you n I but he doesn't have a spare 8-10bn to buy a football club and build a new stadium.

This is undoubtedly a bid by the state / Royals dressed up as something else. Nobody else in that country has that kind of wealth to spend on a vanity project.
 

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Always makes sure he covers every angle, so he can say he was right :lol:

I remember the days when SSN was reputable.
What I hate is how he starts off every interview with "from what I am hearing..."

Feckin hell, it could be from jassim's neighbour's cousin's barber!
 
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