Have you seen what he's doing to Twitter?
Club Sale | It’s done!
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Yes, and?
Good points but we did contend for titles under the Glazers. Won multiple of them plus a CL.
I want him nowhere near the club, he’s bonkers
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Thanks, of course, I am just on a few hours of sleep, mixed up the non-SAF era with the Glazer’s era. The point of course still stands.
Another egoistic player who will want more power than the manager? No thanks.
I repeat, he's a lunatic.
Elon Musk needs to be a banned term in this thread. Discuss him in current events forum, he obviously isn't a potential buyer.
And knowing the F.A. they'll breaking with their new found policy of "fit & proper" where Chelsea were concerned, and accept a U.S. backed, leveraged, offer.
Fantastic news but probably like other`s apprehensive as the grass is not always greener.
We don`t necessarily need owners who have experience running a club, we just need owners who can get the right people in to do the job (it`s worked at City & Liverpool)
I`d be very surprised if it`s not a buyer from the middle east though.
We don`t necessarily need owners who have experience running a club, we just need owners who can get the right people in to do the job (it`s worked at City & Liverpool)
I`d be very surprised if it`s not a buyer from the middle east though.
I think I'm right in saying that there's a clause against this now. I think it might actually be called the anti-Glazer clause which is funny and cruel at the same time.
Some insider trading going on apparently? Could be indicative of an actual intent to sell? I won't believe it until I see it.
You are right, they are selling up and I'd assume they are fairly advanced in the process and most likely doing this now to kickstart a bidding war
Is the club sold and we bought Mbappe and Bellingham yet?
The main problem United have here, is that Glazers won’t care who they sell to as long as they get top dollar.
I couldn’t support an oil team so I hope it’s someone like Ratcliffe
I couldn’t support an oil team so I hope it’s someone like Ratcliffe
they've literally made a statement of their intent to sell
I thought Ronaldo in his interview made the owners sell the club
Our saving grace could be the errors the PL has learned from the Glazers' own tenure and the recent sale of Chelsea indicates as much.
It would be deliciously ironic if the rats couldn't make the biggest profit because of their very own mismanagement of the club.
Oil bidders will bid top dollar though and the most too. So it will probably happen.
It would not be surprising at all if Musk bought United. And, for me at least, he'd be quite the upgrade. He's not my preference, obviously.
He isn't buying it.
He joked in the summer because obviously the Glazers were trying to sell to rich circles
This has been on the cards for a while hasn't it.
The idea that Manchester United was a 'cash cow' for the Glazers was and has always been a huge myth.
Due to gross mismanagement resulting in outrageous amounts of money wasted on dud transfers and in wages paid to undeserving players, the club has been just about breaking-even financially.
The dividends the Glazer family took were a total Red Herring. It creates good clickbait because it causes outrage amongst fans who don't really understand the numbers involved but the money take was such an insignificant amount in the grand scheme of things it was always a total non-story. When you consider the opportunity cost of the Glazers having their cash tied-up in United (i.e. the cost of the options they haven't chosen) then it's actually a massive loser for them.
Sure, huge amounts of money have been drained out of the club, but most of it has been paid to the investment banks who loaned the Glazer family the money to buy the club. Incredible waste and incredibly frustrating for fans...but again, not something the Glazers profited from directly. We often see that £2BN figure banded about by the Green & Gold campaign but it needs to be understood....the Glazers haven't taken that and banked it, it's been spent paying interest!
So with the club not really generating profit (after transfers etc...), the stadium crumbling, the facilities requiring major investment, oil money clubs making it increasingly difficult to secure top four, the ESL on the back-burner for now...the only real way for the Glazers to make big money on United is to sell.
Of course, when they do sell, they'll have made a huge profit without spending a penny of their own money and despite grossly mis-managing their asset....but that's the World we live in people! The system is rigged and the wealthy are too big to fail!
The idea that Manchester United was a 'cash cow' for the Glazers was and has always been a huge myth.
Due to gross mismanagement resulting in outrageous amounts of money wasted on dud transfers and in wages paid to undeserving players, the club has been just about breaking-even financially.
The dividends the Glazer family took were a total Red Herring. It creates good clickbait because it causes outrage amongst fans who don't really understand the numbers involved but the money take was such an insignificant amount in the grand scheme of things it was always a total non-story. When you consider the opportunity cost of the Glazers having their cash tied-up in United (i.e. the cost of the options they haven't chosen) then it's actually a massive loser for them.
Sure, huge amounts of money have been drained out of the club, but most of it has been paid to the investment banks who loaned the Glazer family the money to buy the club. Incredible waste and incredibly frustrating for fans...but again, not something the Glazers profited from directly. We often see that £2BN figure banded about by the Green & Gold campaign but it needs to be understood....the Glazers haven't taken that and banked it, it's been spent paying interest!
So with the club not really generating profit (after transfers etc...), the stadium crumbling, the facilities requiring major investment, oil money clubs making it increasingly difficult to secure top four, the ESL on the back-burner for now...the only real way for the Glazers to make big money on United is to sell.
Of course, when they do sell, they'll have made a huge profit without spending a penny of their own money and despite grossly mis-managing their asset....but that's the World we live in people! The system is rigged and the wealthy are too big to fail!
The Qataris are looking to buy a PL club. Question will be, will it be Utd or Liverpool ?
Sorry, I don't make a habit of believing anything they say. Even now I don't believe they will sell the club. Probably a minority share or some other scheme outlined in that press release. I just can't imagine them selling the club entirely.
Is it just a coincidence that this announcement has come so recently after Ratcliffe said he wants to buy United?
I don't trust them either. But it's a public company, so there are very strict rules around this sort of thing.
Also, there is no obvious reason to do this (and break SEC rules) unless they actually want to sell.
The chance of them getting additional investment and keeping control and virtually zero, that much is clear.
He's way too erratic to dismiss...
Is that even possible. Can Qatar or someone own 2 football clubs. PSG and Manchester United will both play in the champions league potentially.
Can't we trick him into thinking some court is forcing him to buy now?
Buy or pay 1 billion or something.
Buy or pay 1 billion or something.
Red Bull do it.
I believe so.
If they were targeting a specific buyer then surely they would just contact him directly via intermediaries. Also a willing buyer or consortium has probably never been a concern to them.
I imagine seeing how much the Denver Broncos who are a relatively small name in comparison sold for has potentially struck a chord with them.
Red Bull Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg
Just in case anyone is in doubt this has been in the works for ages. Plenty of insiders made proper bucks.
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I know absolutely nothing about U.A.E and particularly Dubai.
Are they just as bad as the rest of them?
Dubai for me just seemed like a random place that shot to fame about 15 years ago and seemed like a new business hub of the world
Are they just as bad as the rest of them?
Dubai for me just seemed like a random place that shot to fame about 15 years ago and seemed like a new business hub of the world
Looks like we’ll basically get Chelsea’s sloppy seconds
Great post. Thanks for taking the time to share.
I know absolutely nothing about U.A.E and particularly Dubai.
Are they just as bad as the rest of them?
Dubai for me just seemed like a random place that shot to fame about 15 years ago and seemed like a new business hub of the world
Dubai wouldn't be as rich as the other owners as they don't have oil but still rich enough to sort us out
Rather them than the Qatar sovereign fund.
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