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They don't have a clue, Sky is a terrible source for breaking news.
Kleinmann is pretty reliable though. He was the first to break the news at the very start back in November that the Glazers were looking to potentially selling.
 

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I’d be amazed if Jim did manage to win this still. Wondering if the Glazers are worried about the response from the fanbase if we become owned by Qatar and genuinely would go for any alternative.
Yeah, the past 15 years proved how worried the Glazers are avout the opinion of United fans
 

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If Ratcliffe wins the bid, I really hope he proves me wrong, but I think we won't even notice the Glazers ever left. I expect more baffling recruitment decisions and a similar lack of ambition to achieve anything beyond CL qualification.
I have this horrible feeling too:(
 

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Media don't know much but every of them is saying for weeks that Ineos leading the race. :(
Next week i guess it will be over.
 

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If Ratcliffe wins the bid, I really hope he proves me wrong, but I think we won't even notice the Glazers ever left. I expect more baffling recruitment decisions and a similar lack of ambition to achieve anything beyond CL qualification.
Yeah, i think the same. Nothing much will change.
 

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It's the 'Which probably explains why the Qatari bid is being messed about' bit that I find it hard to believe you subscribe to.

Do you believe that is true?
I think it’s true that the city chairman wouldn’t want Qatar getting United if they’re gonna splash the cash and gazump his club

And I believe at the very least he’ll have some influence on what Raine do

So I don’t think it’s beyond reason that it could make negotiations harder and be part of the reason Raine and Sheikh Jassims relations have supposedly soured
 

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I think it’s true that the city chairman wouldn’t want Qatar getting United if they’re gonna splash the cash and gazump his club

And I believe at the very least he’ll have some influence on what Raine do

So I don’t think it’s beyond reason that it could make negotiations harder and be part of the reason Raine and Sheikh Jassims relations have supposedly soured
That's utterly fanciful :lol:
 

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I believe Ratcliffe will win. On the bright side if things go wrong then we can organise a 3 country protest at one go (Lausanne, Nice and Manchester)
 

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I’d be amazed if Jim did manage to win this still. Wondering if the Glazers are worried about the response from the fanbase if we become owned by Qatar and genuinely would go for any alternative.
They don't a shit when they get death threats, they don't care if any if us don't like the new owner
 

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I’d be amazed if Jim did manage to win this still. Wondering if the Glazers are worried about the response from the fanbase if we become owned by Qatar and genuinely would go for any alternative.
Surely in that case they would just sell to Ratcliffe since he has the most attractive proposal.
 

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I’m not going through your posts

You know full well you’ve said things like “wait til Friday” and bollock all has happened

If you want to twist or deny it, then fine. Have fun
I mean the clear difference is that I was posting things that others had said, not my opinion unlike you.
 

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I think it’s true that the city chairman wouldn’t want Qatar getting United if they’re gonna splash the cash and gazump his club

And I believe at the very least he’ll have some influence on what Raine do

So I don’t think it’s beyond reason that it could make negotiations harder and be part of the reason Raine and Sheikh Jassims relations have supposedly soured
Right and why are the Glazers comfortable with the people they hired to get the best price for them scuppering bids because they are beholden to some other interest? Or are they oblivious to this danger that you yourself have spotted?
 

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Let the record state I think you both talk incredible amounts of shite.
 

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Right and why are the Glazers comfortable with the people they hired to get the best price for them scuppering bids because they are beholden to some other interest? Or are they oblivious to this danger that you yourself have spotted?
I never said they were going to scupper it. So you’ve made that up

I never said they were beholden to anything. Also made up by you

And the last sentence doesn’t make sense

If you want to query me on anything I actually said, that’s fine. But it wouldn’t allow you to complain so I imagine you won’t
 

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I never said they were going to scupper it. So you’ve made that up

I never said they were beholden to anything. Also made up by you

And the last sentence doesn’t make sense

If you want to query me on anything I actually said, that’s fine. But it wouldn’t allow you to complain so I imagine you won’t
I think you're perhaps being disingenuously picky about the fact I used different words to you in describing the same things.

What you got against my last sentence? Looks fine to me?
 

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If Ratcliffe wins the bid, I really hope he proves me wrong, but I think we won't even notice the Glazers ever left. I expect more baffling recruitment decisions and a similar lack of ambition to achieve anything beyond CL qualification.
Yeah, i think the same. Nothing much will change.
Completely agree, it’s fecking obvious.

Literally the moment it was first revealed that ‘The Glazers could look to remain in some capacity’ - you just knew exactly how it would go.

They are, to quote Mourinho, specialists in failure, and anything to do with Utd you just always know that they’ll find a way to feck it up for the fans and the club.

Also, Brexit Jim is clearly ‘their kind of people’, a rich old white guy who’s shit at running football clubs and will hire his buddies etc. They probably feel less threatened by him as a notion.
 

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So if I understand it right, Abu Dhabi owning a 9% of Raine can somehow inffluence the bidding process and therefore the Glazers decision over who to sell.

In other news, a hypothetical bid offer that keeps the Glazers owning 18% of the club would mean they won't have any power whatsoever.

I think that someone is lying to me in some way.
 

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I think you're perhaps being disingenuously picky about the fact I used different words to you in describing the same things.

What you got against my last sentence? Looks fine to me?
All I did was state something that is true and then suggested it could be part of the reason (at least part) of Raine wouldn’t Qatar getting United. Unless you’re taking this much issue with my use of “probably”

Either way haven’t you got better things to moan about
 

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The Glazer selling this to Brexit Jim instead of Qatar would be the full circle of piss take on United.
 

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All I did was state something that is true and then suggested it could be part of the reason (at least part) of Raine wouldn’t Qatar getting United. Unless you’re taking this much issue with my use of “probably”
It's not just the word probably. My contention isn't that you have incorrectly stated the likelihood to be over 50% when I think the likelihood is at most 45%. I think the likelihood is nil. There is a chasm between our positions here.
Either way haven’t you got better things to moan about
Dunno, I haven't checked if the team's leaked yet...
 

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It's not just the word probably. My contention isn't that you have incorrectly stated the likelihood to be over 50% when I think the likelihood is at most 45%. I think the likelihood is nil. There is a chasm between our positions here.
Dunno, I haven't checked if the team's leaked yet...
An hour ago
 

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I was hoping we would get something after the game today, like the Vince McMahon Higher power reveal:

Joel Glazer: "it's time to reveal the preferred bidder..."

A mysterious hooded figure walks out of the tunnel towards the centre circle.

Joel removes the hood. It's Avram Glazer

"It's me Neville. It was me all along".

The sound of glass breaking is heard from the gantry, as Gary Neville heads through the crowd towards the pitch with a steel chair.
 

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It's not just the word probably. My contention isn't that you have incorrectly stated the likelihood to be over 50% when I think the likelihood is at most 45%. I think the likelihood is nil. There is a chasm between our positions here.
Dunno, I haven't checked if the team's leaked yet...
Then disagree, I don’t mind it. I am happy to be disagreed with and accept peoples opinions

Being told I’m talking shite is a bit of a dick move though
 
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