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To me, it doesn't look a fair comparison to make and say getting Utd for close to Chelsea money. The comparison you are making includes the subsequent investment amounts which to me is just money (£1.75b) moving from left pocket to right pocket. I think the relevant figures to compare are...

Thought exactly the same !! Over the last couple of months, it's been in the back of my mind that this guy looks familiar, yet who is it? Been bugging me stupid. Thanks for the post

Who needs Simon & Garfunkle when you got AI!

I think it's like this: The key word above is ‘potentially’. You need to make £60m book profits (NOT £60m sales) to get the £300m permitted spending. (Book profit = Sale proceeds – Balance of unamortised costs at the time of sale)

The ceiling value of the 2 G’s holdings is the stipulated amount on the call(or is it put?) that SJR holds which can force them to sell their 20% at that price, 2 or 3 years down the line. Add £20 to that and match the offer the 4 siblings. Now you have a better offer. Or I’ve misunderstood the...

I too like him and think he can be informative and entertaining. We don’t need to agree with everything he says. The fact that he doesn’t understand player amortisation for example does not make him a fool. As for the bids and bid structures I doubt anyone outside of the main protagonists...

Long post – apologies The game I see is that the incumbents (4 Glazers - goers + 2 Glazers - stayers) may sell the club or at least a controlling portion of it to JR or SJ. Clearly they will decide who wins purely on their perceived money values of offers and nothing else. Someone had put...