Some people have been so mentally dominated by City that they can't envision any future beyond us being owned by an oil state. It's tragic. We can be so much better than them, both on and off the field. We don't have to turn into City to beat City.
There are only three possibilities on the table though:
1) Go with Jim Ratcliffe - who bought a mid table French team and turned them into… erm… a mid table French team. Oh and his Swiss team have been
relegated twice in 6 years under his tenure. Therefore major question marks over his ability to guide United to footballing success.
2) Go with Qatar, who also bought a mid table French club, but turned them into Champions League finalists and the dominant team in the country.
3) Stay with the Glazers, whose only success at the club was at the tail end of the greatest manager of all time’s reign and were swiftly found out as soon as Sir Alex retired. We haven’t, can’t and won’t ever compete with City under them.
There are no other bids. Qatar are the only credible option on the table that can elevate us above City on the pitch again.
As for being better off the pitch, yes there are obviously the human rights issues. Same as City. But the alternative is a Brexit supporter who then abandoned the country to become a tax excile in Monaco. Someone whose company is responsible for catastrophic environmental pollution and also invests heavily in countries with terrible human rights issues no different to Qatar. Someone who has made a deal with the devil and is in bed with the Glazers to acquire the club despite the strong views of the fans. So let’s not pretend getting Ratcliffe some sort of moral victory, it’s really not.