You do know clubs have worldwide fanbase’s right? Shitebag take.
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Exactly my thoughts
What an incredibly narrow minded and condescending post. Watch out guys, we have an elitist t0pred gatekeeper here.
Didn’t expect any different from you, your posts have been a car crash throughout this thread interlaced with sprinklings of xenophobia.
Just alienated the majority of his own clubs fanbase in one sentence. Impressive.
One more to add to the ignore list for me. He’s a WUM, pure and simple. His whole schtick is to trawl through others’ past posts whilst contributing nothing of significance himself.Just alienated the majority of his own clubs fanbase in one sentence. Impressive.
The concern revolves more around having the club itself - it’s name and heritage, associated with it.
I can imagine Matt Busby for example turning in his grave at the thought of a state (let alone Qatar) owning Manchester United.
No it’s not. But the guy from the documentary is touted to be part of the Qatar team to buy and manage Utd I believe.
You should tell him that on one of his live videos. Im sure he would love that
What’s him being from another country got to do with anything? Why is it any more or less rewarding than for someone from this country? Stop being a melt. True colours slipping out.
You know its possible for two different Qataris to exist right? The media treats them like they are all one entity
You didn’t think that through, did you?Just alienated the majority of his own clubs fanbase in one sentence. Impressive.
Its not a back-hander. That offer of doing some retail project like a mall will be priced into the final offer. Say if INEOS and Jassim's monetary offer were both exactly the same. But the Qataris' offer also included the deal to do a project in Qatar. There will be some financial projection/value to that project of course.
Which would you take?
I said this a few weeks ago on how I foresee the Qataris' business model and how they can offer much more that INEOS can.
A multi-project/sector, international property development, media tie-in with Qatar's BEin etc. They will play to their strengths and also it goes beyond just buying a ''football club'' -- which will then justify 'over-paying' to the Glazers. Like using the brand 'Harrods' but you can use the brand attached to multiple areas. Lego has Legoland for example.
INEOS cant offer this. They don't have the same sort of components/partners in place for such a project
Also with deep pockets, they will expand the current Arnold strategy of bringing United virtually closer to you -- since there are hundreds of millions of United fans outside Manchester. Working with BEin and deeper pockets will see you engaging Manchester United FC on a daily basis if not hourly. That will pay itself off for advertisers, product placement, e-commerce and social media revenues.
Tie this in with Qatar Airways? Airline loyalty programmes? Then 3rd party tie-ins like hotels, Mcdonald's, Harrods etc -- all via a Manchester United Card. United is doing this on a local level with United credit cards etc. But if they have strong anchor partners like the Qataris, then they can extend this on a global level.
This global loyalty program company can be worth hundreds of billions of dollars then. (The US airline loyalty programme companies are worth more than the airlines themselves.)
Then you add a multi-club scenario. United will be in your presence every day and not just engaged during matchday which is twice a week. Imagine the Caf's level of engagement but in real life in a multitude of industrial sectors.
So if Jassim wants to pay £6Billion, I would imagine considering what he can possibly do with other Qatari tie-ins, it would be a steal. Forget the sports washing element. There is a much bigger play in place. And it needs serious deep pockets. INEOS cant do this.
Its about building a global social/financial/business ecosystem. United's global reach at multiple economic levels (with the super-rich fans to the joe six packs having strong emotional attachment to the club) is unique.
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Apart from real and Barca the rest of La Liga don’t spend money equal to any any of our top 6
The things you're mentioning, a TV channel, co-branded credit cards, airline tie-ins... those things mostly already exist or have been tried before, and their success has been quite limited. Reason being is that there are hundreds of clubs around the world, and especially there is rivalry. So for every additional customer a brand thinks they can get through some special tie-in, they risk alienating a larger number of customers who are fans of rival teams.
Also the airline loyalty programs being worth more than the airlines is true, but it's a bit of an artificial construct. Over a long enough period of time and without a favorable deal with the airline itself, there is no viable business model for and independent loyalty program.
https://medium.com/@dfcatch/are-frequent-flyer-spin-offs-dead-fb94ae6f0630
Wumminator is a complete wum. Didn't expect such a stupid post from him.+ ing
@Wumminator why are you trying to be little me?
I've loved United through thick and thin over than 20 years. I'm as committed as any United fan. You're letting yourself down here man.
you so blatantly ridiculed that it's not that rewarding to love a team outside of your own country ? please explain yourself.
Man United has a special place in my heart.
I see a lot of racist and xenophobic comments (especially from those pro-Ratchcliffe camp) in this takeover thread. Hope the dust settles soon.
What is wrong for a foreigner to support this great club?
They have existed but in islands. And lack of critical mass.
United as a brand can pull everything together globally. Plus the Qatari partners/components that they have in place -- a global media/teleco network, airline, property development etc is at a different level. Global ecosystem. A United tribe.
There is a lot of synergy between Qatar and United -- and less so with a speciality franchise petro-chem company. The Foundation can be funded by a 'club membership' fee paid by the various partners, with the fee dependent on the size of each project/business model and their respective ROI.
If I am right, then explains the need for 100% ownership.
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Atletico Madrid spent £120m on Felix
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what an absolutely moronic post.
This is as xenophobic as it gets.
What Tribe is this? Are you an Al-Thani (are they classed as a tribe)? If you're a family member then I can understand your pride, even if you had nothing to do with it. Or did you? Are you ITK?
Still feels surreal .. My Tribe owns Man United. Lighten up, Francis!!
But there is no doubt that this is an official state bid, in all but name, to a) avoid owning PSG and United at the same time, and b) allow people to pretend that it isn't an official state bid.
Its a complete dickhead of a post. Usually find his wumming amusing but this crosses lines.
Not to mention the fact that the guy bidding can't' possibly have earned the money to buy United. Since he's getting the money from elsewhere, it may good be a good idea to learn where its coming from. If not the state, then who.
He found 6 billion down the back of the sofa. Allegedly.
This could potentially make a difference only if they are offering the same amount
We're relatives. Tribe has branches and I'm from a well known branch called 'Al Angrie' from Saudi.
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Yeah I will give him credit for that
Qatar are getting closer to owning United. Hopefully, this means no debt, top facilities and the CLub being able to invest the money it earns in itself. Flipping Glazers can not f..ck off soon enough.
You would have thought IF there was other interested parties their identity would be known
It will have a chicken & egg scenario. He probably has verbal commitments of who will fund him already (and then some). When he signs the dotted line with the Glazers then they will need to make sure those verbals are solidified. Then he may go back and do a reverse auction with these potential partners on how much they can contribute to the 92 Foundation.
Surprising because said nice things about them
Doubt it. Ratcliffe showing up may be a sign that he needs to do more to narrow the gap. Fly the flag so to speak.
But money talks.
Thanks for the context.
We're all relatives if we go back far enough. All branches trace back to the same trunk.
Which branch of the tree you descend from shouldn't factor into your backing of any group that are attempting to buy our club.
The guy is as xenophobic as it gets without getting banned. As you said it’s no surprise he wrote this without caring one bit what others might feel. These are the kind of people who sling insults to foreigners visiting other places. He couldn’t hold his anger and showed his true colours when he saw a poster from ME was happy about the takeover.
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