Everyone has a price. That is unless they"re still harbouring hopes of a ESL.
Is Jim Ratcliffe still interested in buying Manchester United? Yes
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Brilliant mate, chuffed for you.
What other stuff do you revel in being right about? The environment crumbling? Energy and money crises?
If it was for sale he'd have made a move weeks ago. It's just confirmation that we are stuck with these guys
It’s not, it’s negotiating.
One of the worst things I've ever read. Anywhere.
Fantastic thing to be smug about.
Doesn't sound like deals off, just that it would take some compromising
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Get in here and tell us it’s going to be okay before that smug fecker @GaryLifo gets bumped off down United Road by the baying mob
Get in here and tell us it’s going to be okay before that smug fecker @GaryLifo gets bumped off down United Road by the baying mob
Same old story as expected, we're not for sale.
We’re not for sale until someone makes an offer high enough.
No, but I did get mildly abused by those who didn't want to believe it.
I see also people are still being odd about it making out that me being right about this is in some way me being happy about it.
I was a founder member of FC United and a paid up member of shareholders United back when we were a PLC. I then let my investment roll into MUST. My opposition to the Glazers is backed by action, even if it's remote and small in the grand scheme.
But that goes for every business on the planet. Yet that isn't the basis for speculation.
Whipping fans into buying a paper, subscribing to something, engaging on social media, becoming a member or joining a mailing list because of baseless speculation they are interested in selling is a well established thing now
Mike Keegan wrote article few weeks back that was literally nothing than 'in theory if they were interested Dubai could afford us' and everyone lost their shit
You're right. Let's hope Radcliffe gives them an offer they can't refuse Vito style.
If we're trying to stay positive the fact he met with the leeches would at least suggest to me there has been the conversation.
United will only be sold for huge amount of money like 6b. If one day the Qataris decide to leave PSG, they will 100% turn their eyes to united.
So if Ratcliffe can’t or is no longer interested in buying us, then how the hell is anyone likely to succeed in wrenching ownership from the clutches of the Glazers, it seems like an impossible situation now.
Think about it. They're out in the middle of nowhere with some club they barely know. They looks around them, what does they see? Nothing but fans that hate them. “Oh, there’s nowhere for me to run, what's Jim gonna do, say no?
Cause if the Glazers said no, then the answer obviously is no. The thing is that they're not gonna say no, they'd never say no…because of the implication.
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Of course no one wants to believe it as every true United fan wants the club to change hands.
Seems a bit odd to be smug about it especially towards genuine United fans who are desperate for change.
Perhaps you chose the wrong words so I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt.
Fascinating that I'm getting abuse for being correct. Maybe smug was the wrong word... perhaps justified in my views would have been better way to express it.
My point was, people were getting very giddy despite there being not one but of evidence that the Glazers would sell the club.
My point was, people were getting very giddy despite there being not one but of evidence that the Glazers would sell the club.
Yeah you sit there nice n comfy buddy while the rest of us sit here nice and smug reflecting on your views before the Everton game….
@TheReligion @Sandikan @JJ12 @Zippycup Would you like some more tea lads?
Basically nothing new to report from what we already know. I’m sure Ratcliffe will downplay it somewhat to avoid someone else coming in with a potentially better offer and he’ll give praise to the Glazers to keep them sweet.
Well he’s interested it’s just they won’t sell. If that changes then we are on.
You are right, smug was the wrong word to use. It wasn't directed at all United fans in any case. Just those who were acting like cnuts when I tried to make my point.
You literally said "I'll just sit here smug..." and so on, you could've done your petty told you so schtick without making yourself look like a fool.
This is the best you can do? The first quote wasn't even wrong. 3/10 there.
Why would he have met the glazers if not to talk about the sale? Surely they would of said “Nah, you’re all right mate, not interested” through intermediaries or a bloody email? Why would they have met and wasted Ratcliffes and they’re own time?
I think they will sell for the right price.
By the way; who is running hell when @GaryLifo is doing his thing at the Caf?
Okay, and I've already acknowledged it wasn't the best word to use.
Can we move on from that now or not?
Et tu Brute?
They might have sat down and told him they'd happily sell 25% for £2b or something obscene. They are fecking leeches.
It’s just a weird thing to kick back and feel smug about considering you had zero knowledge of the details, zero contacts and zero people on the inside. You just took a hunch with the outcome that wasn’t what Utd fans wanted to hear.
Even the ones who did get excited about it, probably knew deep down the glazers would be hard work and defiant. The fact that has been confirmed today is nothing to sit back and feel proud about.
Yeah there's more important things i.e. getting those parasites out.
I will say, its a very good sign that the man himself has come out publicly and stated that he would definitely buy the club. There is definitely 100% a viable buyer there which is something that we haven't been able to say before. Good signs I guess. Just whether they can be forced out is the issue. I fully expect this to jumpstart the 1958 into arranging bigger scale protests at pretty much most games and maybe even further action.
I am a smug feck
To be fair, there’s a chance he expects they will want to sell eventually, and not sure it’s the best idea to go into those talks after having called them cnuts previously
So you’re saying there’s a chance?
I have maintained this for the longest. It's giving the fans something to aim for with the protests and also signal to the Glazers they can't just ignoring what their customers want forever.
Well we've established that smug was a poor choice of words and I've acknowledged it.
Zero contacts yes. But I made my argument based upon what I've seen the Glazers do for 17 years and what was pretty likely given every decision they've made while owning the club.
I've put my money where my mouth is in contributing in a small way to opposing the Glazers ownership of United. If people want to object to my word use then fine, but please nobody ever accuse me of being happy about who owns the club.
Yeah I agree there! Just doubt any billionaire is nice either way
