Manchester United partial sale completed: Jim Ratcliffe acquires 27.7% share, 100% control of sporting side)

[bluesfan94]

I work in the Active Transportation space. Everyone should in fact sell their car lol

I would love to do that. Unfortunately it's hard to carry golf clubs on a bike. But that is a big reason I want to move to a more walkable city.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

United and Arsenal at the same time though? Well, you are a Madridista so…

In all seriousness though, I think if my parents won the PowerBall lottery (I don’t play it) where the jackpot is a billion or something I think about how cool it’d be to do a Wrexham sort of thing with a small club. Not necessarily in England either but maybe in Spain.

If I were a real billionaire, I would not buy a sports franchise and if I did, I would make sure to build a good corporate structure to reduce chaos to a minimum. In other words, I would not put ex-players in management position they are not equiped to handle hehe.

 

[les Habs]

If I were a real billionaire, I would not buy a sports franchise and if I did, I would make sure to build a good corporate structure to reduce chaos to a minimum. In other words, I would not put ex-players in management position they are not equiped to handle hehe.

Yeah, it would really depend on my life at that moment in time. With regards to a club though, there’s a lot I’d consider from demographics to the club’s current structure, etc. And being only a billionaire at the bare minimum doesn’t buy you a top tier club unless you’re putting the vast majority of your wealth into the operation and even then it becomes difficult depending on what you’re looking at. Anyway, we can all just be billionaires with Football Manager.

 

[robertmac43]

Another bid increase:

 

[Jussi]

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Was about to post that. World football is so f***ed. Just shell companies for sheikhs, oil barons, and dictators.

 

[Jussi]

Man United takeover drama may end up in court

The $3 bln soccer giant is up for sale. Hedge funds are preparing to fight any attempt by the controlling Glazer family to exclude minority investors from a deal. The club’s relatively low valuation, compared with recent takeovers, suggests a high chance of that happening.

www.breakingviews.com

Fecking Glazers...

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

No shenanigans there.... loool

 

[Jussi]

 

[Savant]

No shenanigans there.... loool

Was about to post that. World football is so f***ed. Just shell companies for sheikhs, oil barons, and dictators.

The problem is no one cares

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Fans care, but they don't matter

 

[bluesfan94]

Fans care, but they don't matter

Fans also don't care enough. Do you think there are many Newcastle fans upset with how their season has gone?

 

[Savant]

Fans care, but they don't matter

Fans only care when it’s not their team.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Fans only care when it’s not their team.

Nope. If a white washing royal family buys Spurs I am out. Not even a 2nd thought.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Sounds like Qatar has won.

 

[Jussi]

Sounds like Qatar has won.

No reliable UK media has reported it so it's in the rumor stage so far.

Sheikh Jassim waiting to hear if final offer to buy Man Utd has been successful

Sheikh Jassim made a fifth bid for the club last week which remains on the table, but will no longer engage in the process.

uk.sports.yahoo.com

 

[Power Man]

Fans only care when it’s not their team.

 

[Ceremony]

Times like this I wish Stray Wasp was still posting. I don't know that I could be a fan of a normal club that gets bought by some sort of circus or autocratic blood money. I'm honestly surprised there's been so little pushback (or reporting of it at least) from Newcastle fans after the amount of complaints Mike Ashley got.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

Well the premier league will officially become the Middle Eastern Premier League in no time.

I am not from the UK but I do not know how I would feel if all NHL hockey teams were all owned by foreign interest.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Well the premier league will officially become the Middle Eastern Premier League in no time.

I am not from the UK but I do not know how I would feel if all NHL hockey teams were all owned by foreign interest.

It's gross if it goes through. You literally have members of the same royal family that would be running those clubs. How can you possibly claim differentiated ownership if they've both got their hands pilfering money from the same trough?

 

[spintheblackcircle]

King Charles should buy one of the London clubs and make them "England's Team"

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

King Charles should buy one of the London clubs and make them "England's Team"

Will he need another suit case of Gulf money to do it?

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Looks like it’s advancing over the line…

 

[Savant]

And not a green/gold scarf in signt