Born and bred, life long Manchester United fan Ratcliffe will be awaiting the result of his bid whilst watching Chelsea with his season ticket.
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If Qatar buy us then we should become unstoppable right? All that self-sponsorship on top of the billions we already generate.
How do people feel about this? I imagine it will get very boring very quickly...
How do people feel about this? I imagine it will get very boring very quickly...
I understand their wariness because of a possible outcry and protest but surely it would be wise for them to test the waters and see how fans feel about them before shelling out north of £5bn and then finding themselves in an unhappy marriage.
Maybe it'll be after round 2 to make sure they don't spend energy explaining and defending themselves unnecessarily.
…..Berbaclass 3.0.Jim'll Brex it
No, important members of that bid have made an official statement about the bid. It’s directly from the horses mouth.
Journos have no clue currently on the INEOS bid hence the nonsensical “put the Manchester back…” comments.
INEOS will surely made a statement in due course. Jim has already done a long interview regarding it so why you are all so desperate I don’t know. You guys relax is my entire point.
Why are people worry about Sportwashing part?
United will be more inclusive, cater to the west standards whilst also include their country because that is what Sportwashing does
United will be more inclusive, cater to the west standards whilst also include their country because that is what Sportwashing does
I don't think he's a serious bidder. More of a charlatan drumming up attention.
If he makes concrete statements, he'd be in trouble if he somehow won. So he can't.
I think it's possible that there is from America/Asia or whatever, but I'd have thought that an ME bidder would have wanted to get out in front on the PR side, explaining what they can do for the city etc and preparing for the regulatory battles. Doesn't rule it out, but it's possible they decided at the last OPEC meeting or whatever that 'this one is for Qatar.'
Basically a British Glazer
Since the club is self-sufficient already, I'm sure all owners would rather not spend too much and save money. And after City's case I don't think self-sponsorship is a good idea.
All we need is the money the club made actually being put back into it and without the owners taking dividends. Improve facilities, youth teams and have the cash ready for when we need to purchase a top player. There's no need to spend money like City or PSG.
Not really? the bid was confirmed and a short statement was given to Crafton, it's CLEARLY from Radcliffe/INEOS
Are you actually trying to tell me this is faked?
Their subscribers which is probably a very low % of actual United fans.
The online polls are massively in favour of Qatar and after Jim’s statement yesterday you’d be mad to want him
fecking paywalled content full of Chelsea fans the daft a holes
Why are you so triggered about it? Did INEOS release any statement that they are bidding for us? Or maybe it's something The Athletic also made up?
There’s enough mega rich teams around that I’m almost certain it won’t become a one horse race.
Amazing we have got this far and people still can't spell Ratcliffe's name.
Agree, but I think we'll do it anyway.
How will they finance infrastructure improvements that are sorely needed?
More debt added to the purchase debt?
They are just piling debt upon debt.
Looks like it, the quote was deliberately worded in my opinion
I'd be curious as to a poll of all brexit supporting fans. I think Jim could win that one.
Well besides having a parent company that brings in 60+ billion in revenue every year.
So basically nothing like.
We don’t even know anything about the bid yet in fairness, just some guess work by journos.
That's a very nice post. Everyone is going to have their own way of coming to terms with what's going on and those without any concerns at all are a tiny minority. Given the nature of the concerns people on both sides of the debate are being goaded into taking extreme positions in order to defend their reasoning and it's quite ugly tbf.
Of all the most unexciting and boring quotes to make up, this would be itYeah, as I thought…. No fecking quotes you absolutely gullible numps
“sources say”…
We've gone from 18 years of the Glaziers to big Jim Radcliffe. Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Not smart if so; it's amplified the calls for clarification. Should have just kept his trap shut. (another reason why I think he's just after pr)
Wasn’t a quote, was the Athletic saying “sources say”…
My tagline is ironic, my opinion on Beyoncé is so delusional and I’m absolutely fine with that
Yet look at it being discussed at length all over the web.
Have you watched this good United player called Ericsen? I've seen him mentioned so many times but never could see him in our squad.
He has kept his mouth shut, he, nor INEOS have made any statements whatsoever.
Yeah, same here. Don't want Jim anywhere around the club
How much is this Al Thani guy worth? Is it a family affair or is he supported by banks etc?
Briefing journos is not keeping your mouth shut.
Agreed. In a funny way it evens out the top of the table really and it will come back down to best coaching, management etc.
Feel for the rest of the league though the gap might get wider.
Yeah screw all those people who died building their illegal world cup they bribed their way to host. Screw their blatant disregard for basic human rights. Our fans have suffered a few seasons in the Europa League. Oh the humanity.
It's sad just how quickly sportswashing works on people. No doubt you've been very critical of what's happened at City over the years.
We don't need ME money to be competitive. Manchester United being used as a political tool just doesn't sit right with me at all.
It’s obviously been leaked out. the fact it’s so shit and we have fans pretending it’s made up until proven otherwise really says a lot about how atrocious it is.
We are all guessing of course,
The way I see it is if the parent company was willing to "take care" of the debt, being as rich as they are, it'd have been their first selling point for fans. Their revenue bring no guarantee as what and how they're willing to invest into the club. Not many thought the Glazers were gonna that bad when they bought the club
Brief my arse, journo has no clue, hence what it’s all wishy washy nonsense.
Nonsense.
National newspaper polls are surely more representative than Twitter polls?
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