Come again Chelsea fan?
Sir Jim Ratcliffe: I want to buy Manchester United | Will make a bid for the club [Telegraph]
- Thread starter altodevil
- Start date
I think it's more Murtough finding out he had the 1-star filter checked on by mistake on FM transfer search.
People won't be happy unless they own the club themselves. The internet hates rich people.
Yes, not that he has been above a bit of market manipulation in the past as those SEC fines confirmed but this would be prison time illegal so I think it is just Elon being the lovable rogue that heis
Even if he buys us, Doesn't invest a penny of his own money, without all the Debt repayments and interest repayments and dividends we've paid over the last 17 years, which is roughly 1 billion. It works out at an extra 588 million a year, add that on top of the money we've already invested in the football side. crazyness.
His Spokesperson said;
"If the club is for sale, Jim is definitely a potential buyer.
"If something like this was possible, we would be interested in talking with a view to long-term ownership.
"This is not about the money that has been spent or not spent. Jim is looking at what can be done now and, knowing how important the club is to the city, it feels like the time is right for a reset."
You need to figure in an equity multiple at exit. There is a reason so many hedge funds and venture capital firms are buying clubs.
"we love Jim Ratcliffe we do, we love Jim Ratcliffe we do, OH RATCLIFFE WE LOVE YOU"
Thia is a party I don’t want to end!Is he the DM we’ve all been crying out for? HIM FDJ and Casemiro Antony Martinez Malcia and Eriksen is a great transfer window
Don’t worry. We have a tradition of getting right wing players in and turning them out as left wing players.
Don't kill my buzz man
Who care’s, got nothing to do with it.
No we all have to be global warming deniers....this one take the cake.
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Hearing he’s the vice chairman of the Flat Earth Society and general executive of the Vaccines Have 5G Microchips Community. Do we really want an owner like that?
Do it and then appoint Toto to CEO.
Spot on. If we can clear the debt the Glazers saddled the club with we are completely self-sustainable.
That's assuming they'll sell at a profit. Will they?
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
This is a power play. No way in hell can Joel and Avram hang on to total control if the others want out. Their empire is crumbling, and I'm loving it
So that’s that then. Ratcliffe being given the cold shoulder.
It does seem to be legs to this but i`m still afraid of the disappointment and heartbreak if it falls apart.
I mean it's the Daily Mail..
Demonstrations need to be newsworthy on Monday again. Enough to discourage this Yank investment firm from dealing with the leeches.
Heard the family make most of their money on commercial real estate (retail malls etc.) Now that the core business is failing, they could be incentivized to add some much needed liquidity.Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
This is a power play. No way in hell can Joel and Avram hang on to total control if the others want out. Their empire is crumbling, and I'm loving it
Not sure but I think he was being sarcastic.
Don't those 2 own a majority of the shares by themselves anyway?Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
This is a power play. No way in hell can Joel and Avram hang on to total control if the others want out. Their empire is crumbling, and I'm loving it
Would be a weirdly specific fiction. Naming an actual firm.
Likely was.
If I knew a very wealthy Manchester United fan wanted to buy the club and if I wanted to sell at the highest price I’d probably leak I was in discussions with other people too. I mean the article even gives a deadline - next month is when it’ll happen - so he’d better get a move on.
Classic too good to be true type of news.
Apollo is the Chelsea in our FdJ chase, just named by the selling party to pressure on us (Jim).
They do. The point is that their position is untenable enough as it is without adding to the fact that other Glazer shareholders want to sell. The pressure on them would only intensify even more if they hung on.
We won't get anywhere near that much. We pay about £20m in dividends and £20m in interest every year. We will get £40m per year at most. Dampen your expectation a bit about this - the amount we spend will not really change at all.
98% of all income is already spent on club activities every year.
Would be right in line with what Ratcliffe did when we were for sale a few months ago. Make a very public statement and last minute push once he knows it’s extremely unlikely so that the fans get behind his bid.
So the club doesn't want to say sorry no comment just in case there's something in it. Making the no comment stance potentially significant.
With all due respect, I think and agree with some media outlets saying he was late with the Chelsea bid on purpose as he was hinting to the Glazers.
Could be wrong but I just don't think he really wanted Chelsea.
to be clear, i wasn't expecting us to spend that every year, i just divided 1bn by 17 and that's what i got
And for what reason would he do that here?
Eh I think you added an extra zero there pal.to be clear, i wasn't expecting us to spend that every year, i just divided 1bn by 17 and that's what i got
you forgot the decimal somewhere along the processto be clear, i wasn't expecting us to spend that every year, i just divided 1bn by 17 and that's what i got
Maybe not. But this is almost exactly the same playbook.
It was announced that Boehly and Clearlake Capital had entered into exclusive talks and then boom, Ratcliffe announced his bid at the 11th hour. Here, it seems Apollo have entered into exclusive talks and boom, Ratcliffe announces his bid. Perhaps he got word?