Club Sale | It’s done!

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LawCharltonBest

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Every day always seems to be some sort of holiday in Qatar or USA.

Is England the only Country that does any work?
 

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I have lost faith that club will be sold at all, season is also kinda ruined by this already

Don't even care who buys at this point, just want these disgusting Succession characters as far away from the Club as possible
 

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Nice reply but he only needs to start fragging in one acre near the 43 acres, so laugh as much as you want, if you own the club and you own the land, do the math ?
That might make sense if owning the land was a hurdle to fracking but it isnt, as they just compulsory purchase order the land. Inner Manchester has never been proposed as a test site for obvious reasons.

Its banned by local authority and it's banned by government as it stands. But sure despite that they're masterminding a plan to frack OT.
 

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I Have a sneaking suspicion, especially rewatching Rio podcast that The Glazers will announce that SJR is the preferred bidder, loads of smoke, that they’ve done a deal with the minority share holders to receive a small dividend windfall where INEOS guarantee to buy out the minoroty shares in the next three years at a premium, like the put and call bid on Avram and Joel but all 6 Glazers might also stay in some way.

This will be to try and force Qatar to make one desperate last ditch bid, which they won’t as they are completely exhausted with the process and they will call the Glazers bluff, but the Glazers just won’t care so SJR and Joel with Avram will be calling the shots, going forward.

Watch the shares plummet on the 5th of July and Qatar might suffer their most shocking and significant defeat in their history, yes it will be challenged and at some point fans will realise that INEOS have an ulterior motive since they own the Fragging rights for all 43 acres that the club currently own and have done since 2015, if this transpired this will be the next protracted thread on CAF.

Sir Jim from being our knight in shining armour could potentially in 2 or 3 years become even more hated than the Glazers!
this thread is wild
 

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That might make sense if owning the land was a hurdle to fracking but it isnt, as they just compulsory purchase order the land. Inner Manchester has never been proposed as a test site for obvious reasons.

Its banned by local authority and it's banned by government as it stands. But sure despite that they're masterminding a plan to frack OT.
Yep. They're not going to purchase United to frack Carrington or wherever. And yeah it's been banned since 2019. They've tried buying Chelsea and a large chunk of Barca, so it's nowt to do with wanting to dig holes.
 

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Like I said for Context, why buy the rights if your not going to use them, as united fans in the last decade we normally say ; “Things can’t get any worse, we’ve had the Glazers in charge, things can only get better?”
He will need the local councils to do a complete U-turn.... Unless he does what American franchise owners do. Threaten the local councils/city officials with the threat of rebuilding a new stadium somewhere in greater Manchester unless they approve the permits.
 

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In some ways the Qataris hold the cards.

The Glazers will not get another opportunity to sell the club after this fiasco. I can't see any other parties being interested after the manner in which this sale has already been conducted.

So we are down to either selling to Sir Jim or the Qataris OR not selling at all.

If they choose not to sell at all then they really need to have a PR spin on it otherwise the fanbase would become toxic. Possibly bring some investment on board whilst they retain majority control or phase their exit over a number of years neither of which will placate most of the fanbase.

If I was the Qataris I would threaten the Glazers with going public unless it's resolved fast. Will the Glazers feck up a £ 5 billion dollar deal?
 

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The Glazer’s are so happy to own a club with such a subdued fanbase. Imagine them trying this in Italy or somewhere with the ultra’s.

That wouldn’t go well for them. Sure they might be able to take a club for a ride but might lose a few fingers and toes in the process.
 

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We're Manchester United Fracking Club now. What a wild turn this thread took.
 

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The Glazer’s are so happy to own a club with such a subdued fanbase. Imagine them trying this in Italy or somewhere with the ultra’s.

That wouldn’t go well for them. Sure they might be able to take a club for a ride but might lose a few fingers and toes in the process.
Yeah they don't feel threatened whatsoever
 

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Some local news in Qatar (@alraya_n) is running a front page story, saying that they expect the deal to be signed off by the Glazers in a matter of hours....

Screenshots + google translation are available on Twitter.
 

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Some local news in Qatar (@alraya_n) is running a front page story, saying that they expect the deal to be signed off by the Glazers in a matter of hours....

Screenshots + google translation are available on Twitter.
YAWN we have been here before
 

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Some local news in Qatar (@alraya_n) is running a front page story, saying that they expect the deal to be signed off by the Glazers in a matter of hours....

Screenshots + google translation are available on Twitter.
It's owned by Jassim's dad innit?
 

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Sir Jim from being our knight in shining armour could potentially in 2 or 3 years become even more hated than the Glazers!
That will be guaranteed if the Glazers stay on in any capacity. It is not much, but I will not go to see them again until they have totally left.
 

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Some local news in Qatar (@alraya_n) is running a front page story, saying that they expect the deal to be signed off by the Glazers in a matter of hours....

Screenshots + google translation are available on Twitter.
Has a 19 year old kid in Wales been tweeting again? These Qatari editors...
 

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Al Raya (Arabic: الراية; also known as Arrayah; The Banner) is an Arabic daily newspaper published in Doha, Qatar. It is semi-official newspaper of the country and is one of the five leading Qatari dailies.[1] As for Arabic dailies published in the country Al Raya is among the three major newspapers along with Al Sharq and Al Watan.[2]
 

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I mean it's looked all but done for Qatar for weeks we get to this point and then nothing ever materialises

I'm tired.
 

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Some local news in Qatar (@alraya_n) is running a front page story, saying that they expect the deal to be signed off by the Glazers in a matter of hours....

Screenshots + google translation are available on Twitter.
Gulf Publishing & Printing Company. The (short) article below:

Manchester United fans are awaiting a settlement of the fate of the club’s sale deal to the Qatari group led by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, and it is expected that the Manchester United purchase contract will be signed by the Glazer family that owns the club within the next few hours, after the Qatari group entered a bid to buy the club against the offer. The competition is from British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe. Media reports indicated that those in the circle close to the Qatari file have now begun to express their confidence in the victory, and they believe that it is only a matter of time before the official announcement is made. Manchester United is considered one of the most valuable sports assets, and if it is sold for six billion dollars, it will become one of the largest sports deals ever. Manchester United officials are looking forward to achieving record annual financial revenues that may reach 640 million pounds in the current fiscal year, with Continuation of the ongoing efforts related to the acquisition of the club.
Just a respin of the Bloomberg article it seems that they're confident they've won and are circulating to the 'inner circle'.
 

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I feel like the Qatar bid is the only one that can be completed so long as it is on the table. Rejecting it in favour of SJR gets the Glazers sued to hell and back. And the Glazers must sell the club, whatever they might spin. So it's a waiting game for Qatar. But they could be waiting a year.
 

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Yeah me neither but you can be certain that Goldbridge and his cronies jump on it
If this is more fake news published in Qatar then they really will be ridiculed around the global world, Qatar letting local publisher print this without inside information and the Glazers approval is seriously risky, close the thread for 1 week so we can all stop speculating, all we ever wanted was the Glazers just to leave, take your money from whom ever and just leave, they should be barred from ever being allowed in the stadium again!
 

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If this is more fake news published in Qatar then they really will be ridiculed around the global world, Qatar letting local publisher print this without inside information and the Glazers approval is seriously risky, close the thread for 1 week so we can all stop speculating, all we ever wanted was the Glazers just to leave, take your money from whom ever and just leave, they should be barred from ever being allowed in the stadium again!
Yeah they can't afford to lose because like you say they would be ridiculed across the world
 

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I feel like the Qatar bid is the only one that can be completed so long as it is on the table. Rejecting it in favour of SJR gets the Glazers sued to hell and back. And the Glazers must sell the club, whatever they might spin. So it's a waiting game for Qatar. But they could be waiting a year.
They aren't waiting a year and don't blame them
 

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Do these Glazer siblings have kids? (who would bang them it’s only the work of having boatloads of money).

Anyway, at this rate, we better start gauging their interest in selling the club.
 

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I feel like the Qatar bid is the only one that can be completed so long as it is on the table. Rejecting it in favour of SJR gets the Glazers sued to hell and back. And the Glazers must sell the club, whatever they might spin. So it's a waiting game for Qatar. But they could be waiting a year.
So Raine worked with Ineos for months on a deal that was never going to work
 

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Its blatantly obvious by now that the glazers won't sell the club at the current offers on the table.
Why do you feel it is blatantly obvious? I don't mean anything snarky by the way, I've not been in this thread in a while and I'm wondering if I've missed any important updates
 

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I misread those tweets as "Manchester United Takeover frustration in hours..."
 
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