Hopefully they will decide to nominate one of the many gay members of the Qatari royal family as a senior figurehead of the new Man United corporate team. Would be a nice gesture of friendship to the millions of gay United fans around the world.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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This sounds good… superficially. Any reason to doubt?
To me the whole Nice thing doesn't matter. That doesn't worry me in the slightest. I'd have no desire to go mad at Nice either, no matter how many billions I had. I think it's more of a side project for them that they're doing sustainably. Maybe even learning the football business with the long term view they'd buy a PL club.
What would concern me is whether they have a tangible plan for investing in the infrastructure of the club. Trading on being British really isn't enough. That's not a huge selling point. It's nice but it's not going to trump everything else if we are not competitive. More like a bonus so I wouldn't be basing the PR around the bid solely on that.
What would concern me is whether they have a tangible plan for investing in the infrastructure of the club. Trading on being British really isn't enough. That's not a huge selling point. It's nice but it's not going to trump everything else if we are not competitive. More like a bonus so I wouldn't be basing the PR around the bid solely on that.
Oh, the original debt was in quite awful terms. It was taken in 2005 or whatever when the interest rates were relatively high, and it was considered a risky debt so of course it had crazy interest. However, it was refinanced a couple of times (I believe in 2012 and another time later), when the interest rates were essentially close to 0, so I do not think it would have been 5% or whatever the interest rates are now.
Ineos statement is so disappointing. No mention of squad investment or infrastructure development.
That’s not true though.
Likely on for a third 5th place finish in 4 years, dared to go for a new young manager, dared to bring in a new young really highly rated DOF. Currently the form team in France.
Cool. Most wouldn’t and thankfully Qatar will offer more.
Majority, not 100%. Sorry, that kills it for me.
I'm not sure if that's serious or a joke
could not agree more. Glazers only care about $$$.
This stuff is to get the fans to welcome them. Basic PR.
I'm convinced all this talk of the divide within the Glazers is horseshit
It's quite an obvious negotiation tactic when you think about it, to give the impression they don't have to/want to sell
And without majority ownership. Why would they put any more money into the club for facilities and the squad.
Is 5th in the French league after 4 years really that good though?
Pathetic statement from Ratcliffe and INEOS as expected. I hope they don’t get anywhere near the club.
Being British doesn’t pay the bills
Majority ownership means the club is his, under his control. Doesn’t matter who the minority parties are, as long as the Glazers are gone.
100% serious.I'm not sure if that's serious or a joke
Glazers to INEOS at this point is a sidestep. Ratcliffe is a joke after declaring public interest for years in buying the club this is how he capitalises on that opportunity.
PSG have had questionable leadership sure, but Nice are a joke. Anyone who thinks Jim is serious is kidding themselves on. Deluded.
Considering they were doing well before the takeover.
Oh god geebs, not you as well?!
I'd rather have someone who actually puts his hands in his pockets then someone who does not. Its not as if Ratcliffe is a genius football wise. Nice is a circus act as well
It aint no farce, it’s Nice.
No mention of investment in infrastructure or how Ineos would fund that
May as well keep the Glazers then. At least we know funds are made available for transfers with them
I’ll take Qatar and the 300b thanks
Anyone interested in what a Qatar owned United could look like for the local area - check this out from their current mouthpiece:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...-five-years-Qatari-takeover-bid-succeeds.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...-five-years-Qatari-takeover-bid-succeeds.html
I’m not all in on Qatar, I’m just taking the bids as I find them and my opinion is that we’re out of the fat and into the frying pan with JR. No substance, disappointing
Be all and end all.
I believe they “value”the club at £4B, hence they would pay £2.26B for 66.7% of the club.(assuming that’s percentage of the club held by the Glazers).
They finished 8th & 7th the two seasons pre takeover.
Should probably just keep the Glazers then if your not bothered about debt etc?
Mate calm down. I just repeated what others wrote and i am not from Britain so got the city wrong. There is no conspiracy against SJR. But his “British bid for British club” is hilarious for a lot of people who dont have clear preference and have reservations for both bid
Pre world cup bid, hardly anyone knew anything about Qatar. Foreign Direct Investment in Qatar has more than tripled since 2020, and in per capita terms, it is currently 4th in the world for FDI. It has jumped from 10th to 3rd for Middle Eastern and North African countries since 2021.
US companies are investing 5 times as much as they did pre pandemic. You just have to switch your TV on and you'll see visit Qatar adverts on during every single ad break. Who would have visited Qatar 10 years ago? There is a massive campaign going on to make Qatar seem like a lovely place to visit (which I'm sure it is for Westerns) while migrant workers are treated like slaves and native LGBTQ+ people hide "underground". None of this would have happened without the world cup hype or PSG ownership, at least not to this extent. Buying Man Utd is, as you rightfully point out, the next step as they look to, in my view, launder their reputation internationally, and acquire more soft power.
I completely understand why they are doing it. It's helping them diversify their economy and bringing significant foregin investment in to the country. My issue is, based on how they treat a significant proportion of their population, I'm not sure if we should be doing business with them and I certainly don't think Man Utd should be the friendly face of Qatar.
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Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS can f..ck right off.
Mate, no one cares about your quoting anymore, there's nothing we can do about the potential new ownership so I'm going to try to see the positives from here on out. I've never once said I agree with anything that's happening but welcome to the world of Capitalism. It is what it is.
I am bothered about the debt, but the Glazers have been utter shit even ignoring that.
I hate to break it to you but they still have the the death penalty on the books for acts of male homosexuality for muslims (though it's not used) and 3 years for non-muslims. There's no chance a member of the royal family or anyone of note is coming out as gay.
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