I don’t like the sound of “minority stake” but if it’s just to pry it open then that could be a promising start. Hopefully it’s none of this non-voting stock nonsense that MUST are so enamoured of, because that’s just stupid - hand over your money but have no say.
One gets the impression that it’s really Joel and Avram that are the ones that are trying their hardest to play the role of Billionaire businessmen when in reality they’ve just got by on their father’s investments. The last decade has revealed them to be lousy owners with horrible business sense. You’d think that after nearly two decades, these idiots would have atleast gotten better people to run the club.
If it’s true that the other siblings want to sell up, then maybe SJR will approach them for their shares. Unlike Joel and Avram, SJR is an actual self-made billionaire who’s run business, so hopefully he has the know-how to deal with these two blithering idiots.
As for Apollo, if it’s a competent Private Equity firm then it could potentially be worse - they’d have the expertise to actually asset strip the club and leave it a husk. Hopefully the FA has the stones to prevent this but they’ve shown that they are good for sweet F**k All.
Atleast all this transfer activity seems to indicate that the two Glazer idiots are rattled. I just hope our fans don’t fall for this old trick, and keep up the pressure unlike last time.
I don’t think SJR is a saint or the messiah but he’s probably a much much much better option than the Glazers, US investment firms/vulture capitalists, or our club becoming part of a sportswashing campaign.
Hope springs eternal in the hearts of Man United supporters.