United Thread - 2022/23

[JASR]

Nobody in Dubai will go near United or Liverpool, gentleman agreements with Abu Dhabi.

Meta and Amazon can't and won't.

It will be Ratcliffe at similar monies to what he offered to do at Chelsea, or an American hedge fund daft enough to put Beckham and Tom Brady as the figureheads.

Ratcliffe wasn't offering Chelsea any more money for transfers than United have already splurged, and he wanted to spread it over years.

He knows he can build up the asset with infrastructure spending.

There's still Kuwait, Bahrain, and further afield Brunei - none of whicj have invested into Football AFAIK

 

[halfcenturyup]

There's still Kuwait, Bahrain, and further afield Brunei - none of whicj have invested into Football AFAIK

Have any of those shown any interest in developing sports activities? Bahrain has / had a GP no? Anything else?

 

[bennyboy]

Manchester United and Liverpool for sale: Saudi Arabia would 'definitely support' private sector bids - sports minister

Saudi Arabia's sports minister says its government would "definitely support" private sector Saudi bids for Manchester United and Liverpool.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[JASR]

Have any of those shown any interest in developing sports activities? Bahrain has / had a GP no? Anything else?

I'm sure Brunei has done some sports stuff, Kuwait less so.

But Saudi, didn't have a team till Newcastle, and Abu Dubai didn't till us...

 

[halfcenturyup]

I'm sure Brunei has done some sports stuff, Kuwait less so.

But Saudi, didn't have a team till Newcastle, and Abu Dubai didn't till us...

No but they both had long-term strategies to develop a sports presence as a means of economic diversification. Not heard that for Bahrain or Kuwait. Not sure Brunei needs it.

I will beat around the bushes.

 

[old blue]

Are you calling Jordan a monkey?

@Palidin had mentioned monkeys, typewriters and Shakespeare.

 

[halfcenturyup]

@Palidin had mentioned monkeys, typewriters and Shakespeare.

:) then kudos, and a much deserved like.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

There's still Kuwait, Bahrain, and further afield Brunei - none of whicj have invested into Football AFAIK

Yep, but will they pass the morality chart for both sets of rats?

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Could it be the reason beckham has been sucking Qatari cock lately?

He would suck anybody's cock if it brought more attention to himself.

He's the equivalent of Trump

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Brady will be short of cash when the courts have done with him. He is being sued for millions as he promoted a cryptocurrency without stating he was being paid. In the US this is actionable at the behest of investors who have lost money…….and they all have this week. Billions down the pan.

And that's before his divorce!