Tbh it's not said enough how basically an AI generated character had 50% of United "fans" (I use that term loosely here) tribally obsessed with the prospect of him taking over.I'm buzzing off the news. To think we could be not only no longer be controlled by the Glazers sporting wise in the immediate term, but potentially be rid of them long term by a local guy who made his millions by himself.... Yep, take that all day long.
Everyone else getting their knickers in a twist because they can't look past a big pot of moneythe guy is a meme. I'd rather be run like Brighton than PSG/Chelsea any day.
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Cringe central. Why bother
The Glazers didn’t want to negotiate a full sale for right now, nor was the money from Qatar particularly credible according to reports. Not only this but there was absolutely nothing stopping Qatar making similar deals with their ‘unlimited wealth’, you really need to stop sounding so bitter.
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There's another side in the city looking to recruit new fans. I think it could work for you.
Jassim will surely go and buy another PL club now.
Agreed. Nothing mystical in promoting noodles, whisky, wine, tyres…
he will, he will make sure the Glazers regret not selling to him
He'd be better off buying a rival NFL franchise. I don't think the Glazers care much if Liverpool or Tottenham finish above United
I was hoping for Qatar, but playing Devils advocate, if Ratcliffe takes over the football side as reported, and puts better people in roles maybe, just maybe, there might be a silver lining on the playing side.
You suddenly think the Glazers care about United?
That's before you consider they'll be gone soon.
And as said above, they'd be better kff buying an NFL franchise but they won't because you can't just chuck dollar at it and expect everything to just work. And they know less about the NFL than they do about sealing deals to buy English football clubs
I don't think we will ever be out of debt in any of our lifetimes.
We will see on Thurs the details but assuming Glazer control is diluted & someone with some interest in the football side (who is undeniably an extremely successful business builder) comes in, it is a win.
United will remain a non political asset, that is the main win here, and when we win again things will be all the sweeter.
What a daft post.
Don’t blame the dog he probably does love that dog more than United, any dog owner would know that.
I’ll let @Lyng handle this.
Thanks for proving the point though, the mental gymnastics are beyond belief here.
I can see the board rejecting this proposal to be honest. They don't want to give up control.
Why not do it on Monday? Same old Glazers and their procrastination on everything.
I actually hope he does go and buy Liverpool because it would be nice to see Liverpool return to their roots, as the plaything of a bitter conservative previously told to feck off by another club
Do we have a caravan at Carrington where Brailsford can stay?
I did ask earlier in the thread & was pointed in the direction of the 69%.
You’ve got me thinking though, if it is a mix of A & B he’ll actually have less of the Glazer % . . .
That was the issue. If you're running in an election, fine. Fire away, bang on about pledged investment and create a dream world for fans where everything is fluffy kittens and rainbows.
Do the owners care about pledged investment that they aren't going to see? No. So who exactly is he trying to sell himself to here? That was naive on Jassims part.
He didn't even really personally engage with the Glazers or Raine during negotiations. Also naive.
It's not really a sign of good ownership if I'm honest.
Ratcliffe was smart in how he bid. Understand what they want out of it, and what you want, and come to a compromise. Listen to the seller. If you want to butter up the fans, do it once you've got control of the asset.
All this goes back to the devil being in the detail, we have none so until we do I’d veer away from telling people what this is hardly not.
Oh yeah. He sure will. Just watch Jassers go for the kill now, like a proper street fighter...
I thought he was a top red only interested in buying United?
I guess this changes nothing in United servicing the Glazers' debt though right?
Well, Raheem Sterling was a big United fan when small and he turned out playing for City, Liverpool and Chelsea
And that is why as a last resort I would genuinely love us to get relegated. Now don’t start jumping up and down, just think of the financial income over night that would just plummet.
The top bods at OT not those cnuts in America but just the hands on chaps should have a big meeting with the manager and players and lay out the plan, play well but lose, don’t worry about the contracts you’ll get paid and will be sold once we go down or you can stay on your big contracts. Maybe even go down to league 1.
That will completely feck the yank cnuts just where it hurts, ie their wallets. In other words sabotage the club owners and within three to four years they will be gone gone gone.
Once they have gone United could just start doing what we did under The Doch, ie win, get back to the top.
If you disagree with what I wrote, explain why. Let's keep this thread to United please.
Are they sportswashing projects?
Will the regeneration projects surrounding the stadiums be profitable longterm?
Are they in it for the soul of football?
Is this related to global geopolitics?
Happy to debate that?
Are they sportswashing projects?
Will the regeneration projects surrounding the stadiums be profitable longterm?
Are they in it for the soul of football?
Is this related to global geopolitics?
Happy to debate that?
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it’s harvest festival time. they’re busy running from church to church, pilfering the donated tinned potatoes.
Yeah, but then where would the first team get changed?
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Indeed, we are soulless.
Because Ratcliffe is a businessman and understands how it works. Jassim is a mouthpiece for a government whose only interest is cleaning their country's image. Beyond promising a shed load of money there wasn't likely to be much more in there. From a purely financial standpoint the Qatari bid was superior but the Glazers obviously wanted to hear something else.
Are we still even a football club?
It feels more like a card in Monopoly
£100 each time we pass "new season"
Loan a few oldies
Sign a few misfits
Play some mediocre footy
Rinse and repeat
It feels more like a card in Monopoly
£100 each time we pass "new season"
Loan a few oldies
Sign a few misfits
Play some mediocre footy
Rinse and repeat
Smart move from the Galzers. Jimmy comes in, hands them 1.4b and takes over running of the football operations and the glazers don't have to spend a penny of their own cash on the infrastructure. Meanwhile they sit back and watch their investment carry on growing and reap the rewards.
Proving what a top red he is!
Would it have gotten this far if they weren't going to vote for it?
Why?
They already have the option to buy Premier League clubs for significantly less than what they offered for United.
Haha, it will take some doing! Jacob Rees Mogg for DOF perhaps will his second favourite labrador running the scouting department.
Personal opinion of course, but I think oil money would have been worse. No option is ideal. Games fecked with the likes of city floating around for the foreseeable.
He was a kid and like most would quickly break any bonds to a childhood club if that club didnt want him but another club gave him the chance become a professional player.
Middle age Shiek Jassim has no such excuses.
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