Judging by the architecture its not Qatar and apparently its Mercedes tooQatar sure looks a lot like monaco.
Mercedes F1 = Ineos.Judging by the architecture its not Qatar and apparently its Mercedes too
Surely it has to be good news for Qatar? If the 11th hour bid wasn’t sufficient then I can’t see why it hasn’t been dismissed by now. It was already an age between the last bids before the new bid went in.
Surely it has to be bad news for Qatar? If the 11th hour bid was sufficient then I can’t see why it hasn’t been accepted by now. It was already an age between the last bids before the new bid went in.
I agree 100% with the 3 of you.Surely it has to be no news for Qatar? If the 11th hour bid was/wasn’t sufficient then I can’t see why it hasn’t been accepted/dismissed by now. It was already an age between the last bids before the new bid went in.
Yeah but Qatar/Monaco basically the same thing.Judging by the architecture its not Qatar and apparently its Mercedes too
I have no idea what’s happeningI agree 100% with the 3 of you.
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I'm not sure if you're agreeing or disagreeing with me or making a different point. The Ronaldo spend was what typified the Glazer rule. It gave fans a short term buzz, pushed up share prices and did nothing at all for the football. It was badly spent money from a football perspeective but well spent from a marketing point of view. They turned us into a footballing joke. One worry about the Qataris is that they did the same to PSG but on a bigger scale. City may be plastic cheats but they are also incredibly well run plastic cheats.Allowing the club to spend a proportion of its own income is the absolute bare minimum expected. In fact that sentence sounds ridiculous reading it back.
The focus on the transfer spending seems to have really played into the Glazers hands when it comes to deceiving football fans. Their stewardship of the club has been about as bad as you could imagine. They’ve not Invested anywhere near enough in the club as a whole, but have managed to convince a few by throwing large transfer fees about without adequate structure or planning in place (see Jamie Redknapp).
Ratcliffe owns a third of Mercedes F1. Bought in about the same time Red Bull started winning.Judging by the architecture its not Qatar and apparently its Mercedes too
None of us do mate. That's the beauty of this place.I have no idea what’s happening
Ratcliffe owns a third of Mercedes F1. Bought in about the same time Red Bull started winning.
FFSI agree 100% with the 3 of you.
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In 18 years at the club when have they ever tried to soak the glory in front of the cameras?I wonder if the part of Yankers dragging this out is until the FA cup final. In the unlikely event that United win , they get to be on the podium to congratulate the players.
They can then convince themselves they left as some kind of not completely useless sh*tbags. I’m not sure this is the case but it’s as good a theory as any other as to why they are hanging on like a bad stench.
Even if they did announce a preferred bidder the deal wouldn't likely be done for weeks so it's not that, they've never seemed that fussed anyway although I'm sure like everyone they do have ego's that would like to bask in some shared glory.I wonder if the part of Yankers dragging this out is until the FA cup final. In the unlikely event that United win , they get to be on the podium to congratulate the players.
They can then convince themselves they left as some kind of not completely useless sh*tbags. I’m not sure this is the case but it’s as good a theory as any other as to why they are hanging on like a bad stench.
But overall we have to admit that we have spent more than enough to be competitive for the league.Well tbh it was the period between 2008-2013 that really allowed the rot to set in, yes we won because of SAF, but when he left we had a team with players over 30 in almost every position, they didn't invest the 80m we got from selling Ronaldo and since then we've been playing catchup because of that lack of investment
Hour bid, surely a sufficient age. No news for Qatar? The 11th then - it hasn't been accepted. If was, wasn't an age between the last bids. Can't see why, the new bid went in by now. Already dismissed before it has to be.So is no news good news? Bad news? Or just no news?
Would be better if they fail to win the treble!Hoping the announcement comes when Man City wins the treble and we still all the attention away![]()
Zero chance a multi-billion dollar deal gets dragged out unnecessarily for a trivial reason like this.I wonder if the part of Yankers dragging this out is until the FA cup final. In the unlikely event that United win , they get to be on the podium to congratulate the players.
They can then convince themselves they left as some kind of not completely useless sh*tbags. I’m not sure this is the case but it’s as good a theory as any other as to why they are hanging on like a bad stench.
He’s right to point to it though.Oh come on now.
We've been playing catch-up because we spent a lot money really, really poorly.
Yeah, the transfer business after the Moscow final was mostly disappointing. But in 2023, we can't keep blaming Obertan and Owen for our persistent mediocrity.
More likely it’s being delayed to drown out the treble news cycle for CitehZero chance a multi-billion dollar deal gets dragged out unnecessarily for a trivial reason like this.
To be fair, off the top of my head the only top club that has been sold during my retrievable memory is Chelsea, and there seemed to be constant updates during that period, so perhaps that is what this is being compared toNonsense! This is a multi billion pound business deal with strict NDA’s attached! Really it has nothing to do with the fans so not sure why you’d expect constant communication as to what’s going on!
Respect for Ratcliffe as a business man but in sports he's like the reverse MidasRatcliffe owns a third of Mercedes F1. Bought in about the same time Red Bull started winning.
He's full of shit. FFP restricts us to roughly £100m before sales this summer, but player sales can increase that amount significantly (e.g., a £20m sale can potentially unlock up to £100m in additional permitted spending).I know he's a knob jockey but Goldbridge has just said that we will have £200m+(before player sales) to spend on players this summer!!Quoting one of his many "sources".
The problem with all this is Liverpool. They were in no better state than us before Klopp arrived. Once they lost both Suárez and Sterling, they were a desperately poor team. And yet they managed to turn it around spending a lot less than what we did.He’s right to point to it though.
We have spent lots of money poorly since, but we had to spend and gave ourselves no leverage due to the period the poster refers to.
It also allows people to ruin the narrative that we have spent more than City post SAF, ignoring the state of the two teams when he left and our complete inability to sell players for a decade.
I actually didn't know that regarding the sales. I was wondering about the FFP restrictions as we are in this crazy position than we could go on a massive spending spree dependent on who our owner may be.He's full of shit. FFP restricts us to roughly £100m before sales this summer, but player sales can increase that amount significantly (e.g., a £20m sale can potentially unlock up to £100m in additional permitted spending).
Pretty much what I was thinking.Would be better if they fail to win the treble!
I know I'm utterly sick of going back and forward with pointless discussion now, I just check in now and then.People still in here just chatting every day. Mental.
It’s the Glazers. They are experts in dragging things on.Not looking like we're going to hear anything today either![]()
Same here. Given it’s the most important determining factor for the clubs next couple of decades at least I should be glued. But feck all is ever happening so I just pop in once in awhile to confirm that feck all is still happening.I know I'm utterly sick of going back and forward with pointless discussion now, I just check in now and then.
I don't mind Goldbridge. Never watched his channel but some of the clips I've seen on YouTube are hilarious (usually of him losing in FIFA or Fall Guys).I actually didn't know that regarding the sales. I was wondering about the FFP restrictions as we are in this crazy position than we could go on a massive spending spree dependent on who our owner may be.
Regarding Mr Goldbridge, I actually quite like him. Yeah I know....don't hate me. Well he's done well making a living out of something he loves and is passionate about. So fair play to the bloke. Also during lockdown I was so broken with work and the channel was my only pleasure and grace which was soothing when i had some spare time.....even though some of it was utter bollox. At least he doesn't spend 30 mins at the beginning saying hi to each member like on that other United channel with someone called Sam.
This was your 2000th post in this thread.I know I'm utterly sick of going back and forward with pointless discussion now, I just check in now and then.
Is that 2000th posts overall on the CAF or 2000th just on this Glazer sale thread alone?This was your 2000th post in this thread.
Just in this thread. He's still only in second place though.Is that 2000th posts overall on the CAF or 2000th just on this Glazer sale thread alone?![]()
You don't understand, jroades and indykaila said we might, possibly hear some big, big news from Jim Ratcliffe's barbers cousin today.People still in here just chatting every day. Mental.