I'm taking the fact that we have'nt had any briefs yet from the Glazers about bids being "too low " or being rejected out of hand, to be a very positive indicator that we are there...or there abouts in terms of completing this sale process. Would e greatif the Glazers were on the way out by the end of March!
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Are there any squeaky clean billionaires out there with 8 billion spare to buy and redevelop a football club?
Buying a Premiership football club is just like purchasing a Choc Ice. You need to go to shop. Get the attention of the one behind the counter. Then clearly point to the desired item, fumble in your pocket for change...
Is workers having to live in hovels and work in appalling conditions propaganda as well?
SJR is very much in the game and should
be taken far more seriously, if Avram and Joel want to a deal, he is the obvious choice and as long as he has his feet under the table with 51%, he can then make a play for the other 18% later however I’m sure that Joel and Avram percentile is about 28% so he would only own 41% if he bought the other 4 siblings out for Say £3bn and then he paid the debt through Ineos and became part of Trio of owners where the other two brothers could make things difficult if they chose not to agree with his decision as CEO, not ideal but not out of the question either!
Are you saying it's not the responsibility of the Qatari government to enforce Qatari law?
Exactly most of the Press and Media is hyperbole speculation, no one apart from The Raine Group, SJR and company, The Glaziers and SJ group no anything whatsoever, no news could indeed be good news.
Finally a sensible, rational well thought out post
A black market that the government created to get cheap Labor in before the world cup and can disown now. If they really disapproved they would crack down on the internal sponsors, which they haven't.
One of the best posts in this thread thank you.
A bit of mental gymnastics to suit your agenda there. I suppose by your logic, if the British government really disapproved of illegal traffickers they’d crack down and none would exist.
Whatever about migrant deaths and sportwashing.
Does that same media ever tell the ignorant British public how many billions of pounds worth of weapons and munitions that the UK send to the middle east every year?
People want to hope it will be infact a cover for QSI or QIA because if it’s not they will come for our players as a matter of urgency.
What is naieve is believing it must be ok because "the process" will know.
The whole point is to hide the true ownership sufficiently so that ownership of PSG doesn't prevent the purchase of United.
If the Glazers knew/found out they would keep it very quiet as they want their 6 billion quid.
So the U.K. governments throughout the years are guilty for every murder that has taken place on these shores?
Just got back from Harrods to read this. You got me, along with all the other moral police.
Low paid workers in the U.K. live in palaces?
But what about ......
Only to gloat… and with a sense of pride.
Don't be deliberately obtuse.
As long as any Glazers stay, their shares have 10x the voting power of anyone else, so they only need 9.1% of the club to have total voting rights. No-one on their right mind is buying out the other Glazers for 3bn plus, and still basically not getting a say on how the club is run
To be fair the words UK government and immigration doesn’t give them any brownie points in this discussion. I’ve read they’re moving immigrants out to boats if not to Rwanda now?
What relation is this guy to Sheikh Jassim?
Word coming out the Raine group are looking at payment structures of offers starting with Qatar
Hopefully that's good news then. If the valuations weren't acceptable in some way to them then surely they'd just reject purely based on the number.
It seems you don't quite get my post, the process will know more than i will ever know. It's not the whole point, that has been dismissed given there is already owners of multiple clubs. Not to worry if INEO owns 3 clubs. Better 3 than 2 right?
Not much structure to Qatar offer. Slap the cash on the table and take the keys.
Here's an opinion from Qatari state media that suggests very strong links between the bid and the state
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/20...ited-bid-qatar-signals-global-sporting-intent
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Indeed. This thread though shows how influential Redcafe is in the harsh world of 'out there' and the importance the bidders attach to the views of supporters and fans. One of the reasons, perhaps, why the mods took a while before posting the poll. Clearly when you research United's online fanbase, you soon discover this place, which has arguably some of the most diverse and representative views among fan forums. Then your high-end PR team go to work. That is not to say, of course, that all pro-Quatar posters are shills. Or that a load of our 'fanbase' are not kids who only ever experience football on a computer screen. Or some ilk of selfish escapists who could not give a toss about the morals or ethics of a state bidder (or any other qualities in an owner; remember all the apparent Glazer shills). There is clearly an element though, which is intentional, calculated and deliberate. An awful lot of newbies with oddly detailed 'knowledge'.What an absolute steaming heap this post is.
Not so sure it will be that simple, there will be conditions, incentives and future promises of business and all sorts
If you're basing that on that QatariTV Twitter account, take it with a huge grain of salt
More from Al Jazeera..
Perhaps no news is good news for the early part of this week
I would imagine that the feedback will be given to the bidders in the next day or two. If the offers were nowhere near and things clearly weren't going to happen I think we'd be hearing something, silence would suggest they're at least being weighed up
I would imagine that the feedback will be given to the bidders in the next day or two. If the offers were nowhere near and things clearly weren't going to happen I think we'd be hearing something, silence would suggest they're at least being weighed up
That isn't what the article is suggesting, there is loads of ifs there.
What? What does that have to do with what we're talking about?
You have claimed migrant workers being funneled into Qatar isn't a 'government thing' eg not the governments problem because the scheme used to bring them in is illegal under Qatari law. Whose responsibility is it to enforce that law?
If the Qatari government really wanted to stem the flow of migrants being brought into the country to be exploited they could do that no problem. But they don't, so you have to ask yourself why don't they stop it?
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Please point out the ifs.
Are you capable of having a conversation on difficult topics like this without constantly trying to deflect with whataboutisms?
No there are no camps in the UK where tens of thousands of migrant workers live in squalid and cramped conditions. As observed by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and numerous independent journalists in Qatar.
Just done that, there are 2 instances of the word if. You're clearly arguing in bad faith.
A bit harsh saying that is the opinion of state media. The article also doesn't state that at all. I try to follow the news in the region (specifically UAE) but this reads more like an opinion piece than actual research. Quotes are from two individuals not tied to the government. Not saying the quotes are untrue though, as Jassim probably will have the backing of the government in doing the deal (unlike the peripheral Al Thani who bought Malaga for real estate investment purposes) but a bit rich saying this is a state media briefing and the headline you created out of it.
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