I think everyone needs to calm down, NDAs are there for a reason however the one absolute truth is that the Glazers are the greediest cnuts to ever walk this earth and my theory is something like this;
1. Early stages SJ/ Qatar were not sure that the Glazers actually wanted to sell so they lowballed them knowing that Ineos was simply a plan B option by the Glazers.
2. When Joel and Malcolm Glazer asked Khallefi to get involved, it proved that it was a state bid irrespective of what the Qataris say and the bid was aggressive and probably just a bit more than INEOS maybe £5.3bn plus the A shares purchase at maybe $32 each.
3. There was some dialogue 12 weeks ago and wrongly the Qataris jumped the gun and leaked information the deal was done with their own media and Bloomberg etc.
4. The Glazers stalled them, saying they would only sell for £6bn for their 69% stake, what prevailed was more radio silence with the odd rumour saying Qatar as done the deal and the Glazers were going to stay.
5. Nothing more then was really leaked until we heard from Custis and the Cardiff chairmen that United would be sold in October to November for 100% at £7.3/7.4bn which is what 100% would cost if you gave the Glazers £6bn for their 69% controlling shares, again speculation as we do not know that a 6th bid went in from SJ/92 foundation. This could be Raine trying to get the Qatari’s to make a final bid?
6. Then finally a few days ago, The Glazers are staying and taking the club private well even at $19 per share that would cost the 6 siblings about $1billion, they don’t have that in liquid cash not a chance, they owe $400m plus with the Tampa and united are losing money hand over fist!
This is brinkmanship once again and they may have pushed SJ/92 one step too far which is why the recent leak of the desperate clubs financial situation to the press may have come from the SJ side.
It’s simple if United finished outside the top 4/5 this season and they do not get at least £30m cash investment from the owner then with the FSP reducing to 80% next season they will have a maximum £50m budget before player sales. More seriously than that is the current toxicity of the club. Do they really have the stomach to be dealing with everything that’s going on with the club when they can not currently take dividends from the club due to its perilous financial situation.
Antony and Greenwood issues aside, we now have players on 350k per week falling out with the coach in the public eye, we have a fan base that are so depressed from years of mental abuse at the hands of the owners and we have a fractured soul that was always the part of an indomitable spirit of the fans, stadium and club always being together and more importantly, always believing that we were never beaten and could always come back against any opposition in any adverse scenario.
This unique story of the club has finally come to an end, destroyed by the greediest cnuts to walk the planet, people with no conscious, just pure avarice, I hope they don’t sell it, I hope the banks take it off them in 2/3 years and I hope we see Avram and Joel starring in ‘Trading Places 2’ the movie as the homeless bums on the street eating from the garbage cans, only then will justice be done and united fans will have the club back with a wry smile on our faces.