I didn't want the Glazers because they are bad owners. I have no problem with US owners buying United as long as they are good owners (though I'm frightened of them after 17 years of the glazers)
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Yeah, the point is that, for many, they'll support the club regardless of who the owners are, so to slate people who are anti Qatar but still continue to support United having spent 20 years supporting a club with owners you hate is daft.
However you do agree that there is a difference between supporting a club that is poorly run and supporting a club you think it's owned by absolute evil.
“Dear Mr Glazer,
I wish to purchase your football club that you have already recently told me isn’t for sale yet. I am very serious and have many billions to send to you in return for the aforementioned football club. I am not a clown.
Lots of love, Jimmy R “
Yah, ok mate.
Omfg. Come on lads, this isn’t hard to understand.
Yes, Sir Jim did send in an offer for Chelsea AFTER the deadline had passed. It has however been reported that INEOS didn’t engage with the sale process at any point before the bid/deadline.
If he knew he wouldn’t be accepted, why else would he do this? Would he really try so hard just to make himself look stupid/incompetent ?! It’s obviously to get people talking about INEOS and sir Jim Ratcliffe - especially in relation to United as he was already in the news in relation to the Knighton silliness.
Couldn't he just do media interviews rather than look incompetent?
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We have no evidence of that
Absolutely correct.
Very few football clubs of the size of Chelsea are ever made available and I doubt that SJR had ever dealt with Raine group. He probably thought that it would be better to wait, learn what the highest bid is and then bid late. That would prevent an auction
SJR has split loyalty and he was a Chelsea season holder. Ineos statement for Chelsea is far more attractive then ours. I doubt that he would disrespect Chelsea like that
SJR has split loyalty and he was a Chelsea season holder. Ineos statement for Chelsea is far more attractive then ours. I doubt that he would disrespect Chelsea like that
So he was doing all this to get the attention from the Glazers? I mean how else would one of the richest guys on Earth would ever get the required attention from other businessmen except for cheap publicity stunts, right?
@devilish still rambling on about Chelsea season tickets 
Yeah there's only two ways to show your interest in purchasing another business“Dear Mr Glazer,
I wish to purchase your football club that you have already recently told me isn’t for sale yet. I am very serious and have many billions to send to you in return for the aforementioned football club. I am not a clown.
Lots of love, Jimmy R “
Yah, ok mate.
1. Act like an incompetent businessman missing hard set deadlines to get your bids in
2. Send that letter which you mentioned above
I mean there's no other way a businessman of JR's status can be taken seriously or be talked about in the press?
This is one of the reasons I can’t pick sides with a very high degree of certainty.
I would be surprised if we did not see a development in Europe with more ‘football groups’. Ineos would focus on it. QSI is. City is. CFC is. Won’t we if bought by Q? How much of a disadvantage would that be?
It’s only been pointed out to him a million times that having exec facilities to entertain clients in London aint the fecking same as having a season ticket in the Shed End.@devilish still rambling on about Chelsea season tickets
Someone should probably also mention to him that tonnes of companies have facilities at several clubs.
All i ask for as a fan is that the club is treated with respect and the new owners are good custodians of it, whoever the new owners might be.
Is not that what we want for the club? no debt, no dividends, an improved infrastructure, a revamped stadium and training ground, in other words
the best in class for a club of such iconic standing.
Is not that what we want for the club? no debt, no dividends, an improved infrastructure, a revamped stadium and training ground, in other words
the best in class for a club of such iconic standing.
Morally I can't get behind any of the potential bidders that we are aware of. So I've already had to compartmentalise my selection criteria to what I think suits the club best in a sporting context. We need to know how SJR would service the debt Ineos take on and what their plans are to build a stadium. With a state backed bid we would worry less about this but the caveat of our potential future success being hollow needs to be considered. Despite the memes, I'd much rather have someone like Boehly running us than the bidders we have now.
No problem, they’re often used interchangeably in everyday language so even those with English as their mother tongue usually mix them up.
Evidence refers to the individual pieces of information and facts that help to establish the truth or existence of something. Whereas proof is the sum of evidence which helps to prove something. In other words, evidence does not become proof until someone takes the pieces of facts and information and arrives at a logical and concrete conclusion.
The more relevant question to ask then is really - which standard of proof is required? In criminal law it’s beyond a reasonable doubt i.e. 99% sure, whereas in civil law it’s on the balance of probabilities i.e. over 50%.
The ‘Sheikh Jassim bid’ passes the civil law threshold in my opinion.
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He said: "I have a house in Chelsea, I've lived in Chelsea for many years, I've had a season ticket for many years, I have a business that's based in Chelsea. Then if you look at the wider picture of football - football is the biggest sport in the world, the British league is the biggest league in the world and Chelsea is one of the best clubs in that league"@devilish still rambling on about Chelsea season tickets
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61320812
This seems rather dramatic and a bit over the top but I would welcome your rationale of them being "absolute evil"
I thought that was reserved for the Hitler's, Stalin's, Pol Pot's of this world but I'm no expert.
That's how many seem portraying the Qatari to be.
Of course his season ticket was for him to entertain his clients, but not for him to enjoy his local team innit?It’s only been pointed out to him a million times that having exec facilities to entertain clients in London aint the fecking same as having a season ticket in the Shed End.
Someone should probably also mention to him that tonnes of companies have facilities at several clubs.
By the way, how do you know that his season ticket is actually for an an exec box, and not for a seat in the stand? Genuinely curious.
It’s been well reported on this forum that Ratcliffe only has a season ticket for exec meetings for clients. It has been confirmed by redcafe members. It is well known there are no decent facilities in London other than Stamford bridge to hold exec meetings.
I think it was reported by Mike Keegan about the Nine Two foundation wanting to replicate what Man City have done with the City football group of clubs. So yes the foundation is set up for Manchester.United based projects imo, which will include creating a group of satellite clubs.
No point in engaging with you about this if you're constantly going to deflect or handwave in every replay. A normal person would tell me what specifically in that 20-minute video answered what I asked. I find that extremely disingenuous and a waste of time.
Going by this thread alone, I'd say sportswashing has been successful beyond their wildest dreams. Who knew that having immense wealth could bring a virtual army who would stan for you 24/7.
True. No point engaging with you, someone who can't understand the video.
Ineos: Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Chairman of INEOS, has made a formal bid for Chelsea FC, for £4.25bn. £2.5bn is committed to the Charitable Trust to support victims of the war, with £1.75bn committed to investment directly into the club over the next 10 years
Redcafe posters: Its evident that he's doing that to persuade the Glazers to sell him the club
Bid has been rejected
SJR: "My message to Raine is don't discount our offer. We are British and have great intentions for Chelsea. If I was Raine I wouldn't close any door."
Redcafe posters: "Its so clear that' he only want Manchester United"
SJR: "I have a house in Chelsea, I've lived in Chelsea for many years, I've had a season ticket for many years"
Redcafe posters: " having exec facilities to entertain clients in London aint the fecking same as having a season ticket in the Shed End"
According to pro SJR fans, the guy keeps saying and doing things that are either lies or he doesn't really want to do in the first place. I wonder if they think he's a liar, he has dementia or he's not particularly bright.
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Thankfully other posters in this thread are more forthcoming and don't respond to simple questions by posting a 20-minute video without context. Cheers.
If Qatar buy United then I wouldn't become anti LGBTIQ just because Qatar own us just as I am not pro savage capitalism because we're owned by the Glazers or pro peeping Tom because we were owned by Edwards. There's a clear distinction between the club and its owners.
What's truly concerning is when these people have our own politicians in their pockets or they own the media. Take the Independent as an example. It was one of my favourite media in the UK up until I learnt who actually owned it.
So what?
SJR himself claim that he has a Chelsea season ticket. Are you calling him a liar?
I don’t really care. I’m not sure why you do?
I am referring to what SJR himself claimed to own. What's wrong about that?
I live in NYC and it's actually quite common to hold informal meetings at professional sporting events. It's almost like taking a client to dinner.
Regardless, regularly attending matches of another team does not make you a fan. I'm not a Knicks/Nets fan but I attend games because it's so close and entertainment.
But do you have a season ticket with them though?
"I have a house in Chelsea, I've lived in Chelsea for many years, I've had a season ticket for many years, I have a business that's based in Chelsea.
"When I was living in London for many years, Chelsea I could go and watch. It was quite difficult to go and watch United so I have split loyalties."
That doesn't seem the words of someone who is not a fan!
I mean, it’s feasible he stuck himself on the waiting list for years (which is a long one at Chelsea due to stadium size), and that he finally got his ST and roughed it in the shed end.
It’s feasible he flies Ryanair back from Nice to London also, he probably did easyJet for the Old Trafford meeting.
What’s much more likely is that a billionaire took a private jet, or 1st class and that he bought an exec ST at Chelsea to catch some top football whilst he lived around the corner.
But sure, let’s go with him being in the midst of Chelsea fans, there’s not a pic anywhere and it’s be dangerous as feck for a billionaire, but sure.
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I'm not sure why that's even a talking point. Why, Dev, why?
He could have taken a private jet to watch United but he fount that to be very difficult by his own admission
I'd rather believe what he said then your own theories about it.
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