Yep I thought that was what happened which proves that people saying middle eastern sovereign funds don't want to buy Manchester United because it makes no sense are wrong. What frustrates me is people assume it will be us investors buying it and they will get a return are not realizing football has changed. Much harder for them to get a return compared to the early noughties. Back then Manchester City and Newcastle United were not state backed. For US investors to get a return, Manchester United need to return to challenging for the big trophies. People fail to realize that Manchester United increased in value so much because they were successful under Ferguson. Your a great poster. Seems like you know your stuff
I think we're potentially approaching a watershed moment for the club. And whoever ends up buying the club will ultimately define what we do in the next 15 to 20 years as a football club.
And to challenge the current benchmark set by our neighbours, we need owners who have very deep pockets. Because the way the current ownership has left the club, we have been left way behind when it comes to the development of the football side of the club and also the infrastructure.
I'm going to follow my club no matter who the owner is and I assume the owner of this forum will do the same and not dissolve the forum. I just hope it's a ownership group that will have the ambition to challenge Man City at all levels from the first team to the youth teams etc, and not just make up the numbers in the top 4.
And like I've said before, if there's a will to make us the best from the top of the chain, then the standards throughout the club will be high, because ambitious owners will hold people accountable for poor decision making. And when you hold people accountable for poor decisions, then they're replaced by others who are deemed more competent. And that's how you create a culture of the best in class.