United Thread - 2022/23

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Knighton mentioned Ratcliffe and others as part of his consortium planning a hostile take over. No doubt Knighton is a megalomaniac charlatan but a consortium cannot just decide to take over. The buyers have to be willing to sell.

Maybe Ric could organise a Bluemoon consortium and tell the press we are willing to take over the club should the owners wish to sell
 
Semper aggressus said:
Could do without Ratcliffe buying them, really don’t want anybody that wealthy giving them money for players, or risk the fact he may know what he’s doing regarding appointing people to run the club.

Their incompetence has to continue long enough to really fuck them up for good, or at least very long term. I never, ever want to see that club win a trophy again.
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They only want a fall guy for the Mibs to turn their attentions too, and what better than an Englishman with a couple of quid. You can see it now, “ he’s a billionaire & we’re gonna buy every top player there is” U***** are back!! etc etc, and when they still don’t win anything it’ll be his fault, despite him not taking anything out of the club (for fear of a backlash) and the Glazers will carrying on rinsing them for years to come…..happy days
 
Blue Mist said:
Fuck me you're a load of soft arsed. A few anonymous sources have supposedly told a half pissed journo that Radcliffe is buying the rags and you are ending the party early, you've taken your records and your 3 cans of Fosters and you're out the door.
Just enjoy it. Why would the Glazers sell ? why would anyone buy that stinking pile of shite ?

N.B. Please note the use of single question marks.
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Exactly - why would the Glazers sell their cash cow?
 
Blue Mist said:
A few anonymous sources have supposedly told a half pissed journo that Radcliffe is buying the rags
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His official spokesman isn't an anonymous source.

Why would the Glazers sell ? why would anyone buy that stinking pile of shite ?
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I love the contradiction in these 2 back-to-back sentences. United are simultaneously too good for the Glazers to sell, and too shit for someone to buy?

Which is it, you can't have both.
 
Shaggy said:
Another non tax paying bastard

"in September 2020, Ratcliffe officially changed his tax residence from Hampshire to Monaco, a move that it is estimated will save him £4 billion in tax."
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It can only be for tax reasons as most of Hampshire is bloody lovely
 
domalino said:
His official spokesman isn't an anonymous source.



I love the contradiction in these 2 back-to-back sentences. United are simultaneously too good for the Glazers to sell, and too shit for someone to buy?

Which is it, you can't have both.
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You can if the seller and buyer have different objectives (dividend flow vs capital appreciation, for example).
 
Plus he is a billionaire, they don't tend to give their money away.
How does he get a return for his 5 billion pound investment to buy the club and the one billion to rebuild the swamp.
 
domalino said:
His official spokesman isn't an anonymous source.



I love the contradiction in these 2 back-to-back sentences. United are simultaneously too good for the Glazers to sell, and too shit for someone to buy?

Which is it, you can't have both.
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There is no contradiction.
Why would the Glazers sell. They have taken millions out of the club and can continue to do so, no matter what any mib says.
Why would someone buy it. You'd need 5 billion (loaned therefore interest) you would have to address the disgraceful state of the stadium, another billion. All before you took a penny out. Where is the contradiction ?
 
jaiguruKun said:
Ratcliffe is quoted as saying he's interested "if the club is for sale" which it isn't. I very much doubt the Glazers would want to sell from a position of weakness. They will want £5bn. So it's basically a non story.
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Isn’t the guy worth about 12 billion? Is he really about to blow almost half his money on them. Then spend another billion tarting up the swamp and another billion on players that the rag masses will demand? Doubt it
 
Blue Mist said:
There is no contradiction.
Why would the Glazers sell. They have taken millions out of the club and can continue to do so, no matter what any mib says.
Why would someone buy it. You'd need 5 billion (loaned therefore interest) you would have to address the disgraceful state of the stadium, another billion. All before you took a penny out. Where is the contradiction ?
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You cannot simultaneously claim something is too valuable to sell and has no value for a potential buyer. These are two directly contradictory statements.

5Bn is 250 years worth of dividends at the rate they're taking them out. They'd make 250m/year investing it safely vs. picking up 20m in dividends.

Malcolm Glazer was the driving force behind buying the club and he's long dead. The 3 brothers might see the value in taking the 5Bn profit.

Ratcliffe is desperate to own a big name club, and he's a local childhood fan with the means to do so.
 
Bald fraud said:
Isn’t the guy worth about 12 billion? Is he really about to blow almost half his money on them. Then spend another billion tarting up the swamp and another billion on players that the rag masses will demand? Doubt it
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His move from the UK to Monaco alone was estimated to save him £4Bn in personal taxes.

His net worth fluctuates a lot based on Ineos' perceived value, it was $30Bn 18 months ago, and he made a £4.25Bn bid for Chelsea so safe to say he has the cash.
 
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