Qatari Bid

Originally Posted by Patty_b

Why concentrate on the fact that the story is being written, rather than the content itself?

If clubs, especially clubs the size of United, need to be owned by oil states to genuinely compete, then how sustainable is the game at the top level? And when it all falls apart, how's it going to affect clubs down the football pyramid?

It's already £#%&!ed as it is. This is just going to accelerate it.

United don't need to be state owned to compete - just run properly and being allowed to spend what is earned.

Originally Posted by Patty_b

Why concentrate on the fact that the story is being written, rather than the content itself?

If clubs, especially clubs the size of United, need to be owned by oil states to genuinely compete, then how sustainable is the game at the top level? And when it all falls apart, how's it going to affect clubs down the football pyramid?

It's already £#%&!ed as it is. This is just going to accelerate it.

The content is as true of Chelsea and City as it is in this instance, if not more so.

United won’t vastly change anything in the league by having an owner like this. The true damage was done when Chelsea and City were financially doped, forced transfer prices up, forced wages up massively and jumped over well ran clubs and pushed them down the pecking order, stole their players and pushed them out of European competition. United having rich owners isn’t the straw that breaks the camel’s back. As I said, where was this energy then? They didn’t care, just as they didn’t care when the Glazer’s stepped in to ruin the league’s flagship club. It’s all fun and games when it’s one in the eye for United, now it looks like it might possible go in our favour the pissing and moaning is never ending.

I’d rather not Qatar, there aren’t any other feasible options though, at least that we know of.

Edit: or Newcastle. Relegation candidates to top 4 challengers in a year which saw them start off by paying £20m for a relegation rival’s main striker, who then ended up relegated before Newcastle gave the striker away on loan a year later.

Yeah, United not having debt repayments and being able to fix up the stadium, that’s the end of the game

Chelsea and City are non-entities though. The biggest and most prestigious football club in the world getting taken over with state money is always going to be a bigger story. It isn’t fair, but that’s the way it is.

Originally Posted by dunk

https://twitter.com/migueldelaney/st...FISmV5ixy0aAOQ

It’ll be £#%&!ing brutal from a press perspective for United if Qatar get it.

Where was this energy with Roman or Mansour?

The Independent is Russian and Saudi owned I'm past caring tbh but this melon is properly rattled.

Originally Posted by Ethers

Chelsea and City are non-entities though. The biggest and most prestigious football club in the world getting taken over with state money is always going to be a bigger story. It isn’t fair, but that’s the way it is.

I understand that, but at the same time it has far less impact on the game in the grand scheme. We’re already wealthy and always have been. Unless the owners start faking commercial income as City’s owners have then not much will change. If they’re scared of that, then they’ve much bigger fish to fry than United.

PSG going from a nothing club to constant champions and paying £200m for one of Barca’s star players is another far more damaging instance, which at the time was lapped up as it was someone getting one over on Barca.

Plot twist…..

https://mobile.twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/1638660745469755392/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1638660745469755392&currentTweetUser=SkySportsNews

They’re so full of shit

Yep, deadline is a deadline...the Glazer's definitely won't be accepting any bids after hours.

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

They’re so full of shit

He literally tweeted this an hour ago ffs. Absolutely shambolic

https://twitter.com/SkyKaveh/status/1638646852605149185?s=20

Originally Posted by atticusgrinch

United don't need to be state owned to compete - just run properly and being allowed to spend what is earned.

We don’t earn anywhere near enough to compete

Originally Posted by Ethers

He literally tweeted this an hour ago ffs. Absolutely shambolic

https://twitter.com/SkyKaveh/status/...605149185?s=20

Would love one of the pandering anchors sat there with him to just say:

“Oh. So, you were wrong?”

Originally Posted by Tory Dave

We don’t earn anywhere near enough to compete

What? We have one of the highest turnovers in the world

right so we've gone from a world record bid to no bids at all

incredible developments

Originally Posted by Ethers

What? We have one of the highest turnovers in the world

Not the most useful metric in the context of running a football club.

https://twitter.com/centredevils/status/1638666914879913985?s=46&t=bfVvPcxzFISmV5ixy0aAOQ

Originally Posted by dunk

https://twitter.com/centredevils/sta...FISmV5ixy0aAOQ

It’s not ‘bizarre’, guys. You just had no credibility.

Huge Sunderland away 2012 vibes...

Joint Ineos, Qatar bid incoming

Originally Posted by Jack Duckworth

Huge Sunderland away 2011 vibes...

2012 buddy

Originally Posted by tatty

Not the most useful metric in the context of running a football club.

He’s talking about how much we earn, not running a football club. What metric would you use? The profit we make is affected by the money that’s being taken out of the club to service debt and pay the gimps, so I don’t think that’s a fair reflection.

When you see the money coming in to the club, we absolutely do earn enough to compete with anyone else.