He has outbid the Qataris at every stage of the process. Not withstanding some after-hours trading this evening, Ineos are, according to The Times, confident of winning.
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It’s very weird
He started in Arabic years ago….looks like he moved to the states around 3 years ago and is now back in Qatar
Hes followed by legit Qatar people but yeah it’s all very weird his tweets aren’t click bait or anything
He couldn't buy Chelsea though..
Hes not worth 1.3bn reports of Qatari net worth in things like Forbes are not accurate. Also 92 foundation is a consortium (and likely state funded)
Not true. SJR was initially behind until they revised the bid to be for less shares
I listen to him, Paddock and DR among others.
He says 100 things and only 2 are right. Hes an absolute feck wit and anyone listening to him for anything more than a time pass and actually believe his nonsense need to give their head a wobble.
He knows feck all 95% of the time and he knows feck all about this. Hes just punting off the back of the twitter news.
Isn't 92 foundation set up to run the club but not buy it? If not, then shouldn't we know by now who is in the 92 foundation?
He was reported to be ahead with his offer for all Glazer shares.
And for months Jim has been confident and reportedly leading with the higher bids….
I always thought if the bid from Jim was that good and if the Hills Have Eyes wanted to stay on they would have progressed months back. Looking at the deal now it looks like they always wanted that oil money and Jim was the pawn they needed.
Id be absolutely amazed if Jim wins this bid.
Not sure about the technicality of who the investors are vs who the 92 foundation are but there's a consortium of investors, not just one guy.
The generous interpretation is that the investors are random rich Qataris and have no connection to the state. But how many billionaires in Qatar have no connection to the state?
Couldnt even bother to delete his older tweets
Not after the first round
My best guess would be that he's a grifter running some "Qatari entrepreneur" version of the old Nigerian Prince scams, using the twitter account to boost credibility for his marks.
Hence the dozens of pictures with "him" shaking hands with "ambassadors" etc.
A Leeds fan would. Kills me every time. up 15% now .....pretty funny that the Glazers chose "Man Utd" as the stock ticker, which probably most fans would never do
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We agree that he's an idiot. And fair enough if you've seen his stuff regularly and still think he doesn't get decent info.
I think as far as his opinions go, couldn't care for many of them and he regularly contradicts himself. But I do think he gets decent info when it comes to news yet to be released (I'm not on about when he mentions it's just his opinion btw). I mostly stick it on if there's nothing else interesting on my YT feed.
Who do you think if any of the guys you mentioned get decent info? Don't watch the others.
I'm dubious. I've just had a read and there's nothing ever mentioned since his initial statement. It says the foundation will be set up by him. Unsurprisingly, as with everything Qatar/Jassim it is very unclear on what this will entail. I would have thought we'd have more details if these investors are part of the bidding process, given the due diligence required etc.
Jeez he was such a pain in the De Jong saga
That's incorrect, as per The Times and The Telegraph in late April, which reported that the Ineos bids had been at a higher value at each stage of the process. Ineos presumably pivoted to the more flexible structure with a continuing interest for the Glazer family in anticipation of a Knockout financial bid from the Qataris in round 3 (the "final" round - 28th April) - that Knockout bid never came, which, together with their ongoing dialogue with Raine, is why they are confident of winning. We will see, hopefully soon.
So just 2/3 rounds of bidding he was able to beat the Qatar bid. Let's face it, INEOS could probably buy United many times over if they wanted. Look on Google and they're involved with multi billion pounds deals all over. To say he's not able to match their bid is clearly not true. Not willing, maybe. But his current bid is competitive so he's no need to offer more anyway unless it looks like Jassim is going to win and he decides he is willing to offer more.
I would definitely be there despite being based down in the Midlands,would be worth every penny but can't celebrate until it gets go ahead from the Premier LeagueCan we have a parade for the Glazers leaving? Imagine the turnout
My nightmare is that at the end of all these shenanigans, it comes out that Jassim is actually Piers Morgan reliving his fake sheikh tabloid days.
The horror, the horror.
The horror, the horror.
Considering their bids are backed up by bank loans and the company already has significant debt, I’d say there are real limits to what they can bid
I am here,apparently Phil Brown (yes I know not the most reliable) will be on with Paul Ross show later but no idea when
No one’s forcing you to support Utd if Qatar bid happens.
A lot of successful businesses operate with debt. It's completely normal.
The Glazers have quite sensibly not wanted to close the door on a nation state, for obvious reasons. Raine have, according to The Athletic and FT, been in talks with Ineos about putting the building blocks of the takeover in place, since round 3. If Qatar have come in late with a bigger offer, nobody will be more happy than the Glazers, but thus far, nobody reliable has reported that Qatar are ahead following their bid last week.
All these reports coming from Qatar, something got leaked. The sooner these leeches pack their bags the better. Bring on Mbappe.
If you really loved United then you'd understand the turmoil this will cause for those who morally can't support a Qatar bid. Don't be a dickhead.
Who said otherwise?
Debt you can assume has a limit without raising capital via asset liquidations
Wouldn't mind betting many of the UK journos along with BBC and Sky are probably having all nighters to get info from Qatar sources
Of course
Are they anywhere near that limit? Their financials were posted somewhere in this thread and it looked like they were in a very comfortable position.
Could be he's lived in America long enough to support one party over the other. And given how "socially conservative" Qataris are, it isn't surprising that he'd support Trump.
So IF Jassim has won (needs UK noise later today) then I wonder which club will Ratcliffe try and buy next
I'd fly in from the States!Can we have a parade for the Glazers leaving? Imagine the turnout
People these days take things so seriously.... on an online message board.
What a statement of intent that would be if we were to be sold to the Qatari's and they go all in on Mbappe. That's if he fits the style Ten Hag wants to play.
I don't think any manager in the world would say no to mbappe
The man had Rashford scoring 30 goals the season after he was in line to play centre cleaner for United and people are discussing whether EtH would take Mbappe.I don't think any manager in the world would say no to mbappe
EtH is just as much of a muppet as we are but gets to actually pick the squad.
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