Qataris withdraw from Man Utd bidding

[MattH]

Qatar's Sheikh Jassim withdraws from bid to buy Man Utd

Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani withdraws from the process to buy Manchester United.

www.bbc.co.uk

Wonder if that means they'll pop in to have a chat with Guo and Jeff?

 

[SuperGran]

Come to wolves

 

[Scallywolf]

Come to wolves

Why not?

Considering they were ready to pay £5billion for Yanited + another £1.5billion on Old Trafford, the training ground and transfers, makes us a viable cheaper proposition. Established Premier League club, with a proud history, decent stadium, ready for improvement, excellent training facility with room for improvement and a decent first team squad needing additions.
That’s everything they were going to do at Yanited, so just come a few miles south to Molineux and do it here.

 

[cannockwolves]

I just saw the news and had the sames thoughts myself. It's highly unlikely, but the maths would be insanely cheap compared to what it would cost to buy and fund united. The Article I saw said they would pay the Glasiers £5bn, clear uniteds debts of nearly £1bn and invest £1.5bn in the ground, training ground and players etc.

Like I said highly unlikely because they want the worldwide brand of United. I don't think they just want a Premier league club they want the brand.

£300-£500m to fosun, £200m on 60k molineux, £100m on new training ground somewhere - the big problem is our current turnover can not support big owner investment into players so it would take multiple windows.

What a dream, all for the bargain price of £1bn

 

[GateWolf]

The Glazers have dragged the sale out for months and months and played the 2 bidders off against each other, I would have taken my money and left the talks ages ago if I was involved

 

[Sussex Wolf]

I just saw the news and had the sames thoughts myself. It's highly unlikely, but the maths would be insanely cheap compared to what it would cost to buy and fund united. The Article I saw said they would pay the Glasiers £5bn, clear uniteds debts of nearly £1bn and invest £1.5bn in the ground, training ground and players etc.

Like I said highly unlikely because they want the worldwide brand of United. I don't think they just want a Premier league club they want the brand.

£300-£500m to fosun, £200m on 60k molineux, £100m on new training ground somewhere - the big problem is our current turnover can not support big owner investment into players so it would take multiple windows.

What a dream, all for the bargain price of £1bn

Yep, said before that Wolves would be a smart buy for an owner with cash to spend and seeking a PL club with a strong brand.

£300m to Fosun. £300m on Molineux. £100m on the training ground. Maybe another £300m as part of a broader development of the land around Molineux. With various linked companies taking up sponsorship and hospitality, the club’s revenue would grow massively, and with it, our ability to spend under FFP. Renew the relationship with Mendes, and the original Fosun project would be on again, and supercharged.

Hey ho.

 

[TheConcourse]

Jim Ratcliffe killing his own club as an ego/revenue run? Madness.

 

[Clifton Wolf]

I just saw the news and had the sames thoughts myself. It's highly unlikely, but the maths would be insanely cheap compared to what it would cost to buy and fund united. The Article I saw said they would pay the Glasiers £5bn, clear uniteds debts of nearly £1bn and invest £1.5bn in the ground, training ground and players etc.

Like I said highly unlikely because they want the worldwide brand of United. I don't think they just want a Premier league club they want the brand.

£300-£500m to fosun, £200m on 60k molineux, £100m on new training ground somewhere - the big problem is our current turnover can not support big owner investment into players so it would take multiple windows.

What a dream, all for the bargain price of £1bn

60k stadium would be a dreadful error, we wouldn’t fill it. Far better to do a Juventus and build a top class smaller stadium

 

[thommo1984]

The wife would be pleased, as I’d be free at weekends again.

 

[wolvesaywe]

Modern day football really does stink to high hell if this is what dreams are now made of

 

[Norman Bell]

A relief for MUTV or Sky Sports News as they also like to be called as with it being an international break they were struggling to fill the show with the compulsory 30% Yawnited content. This news means they can achieve their minimum Manure content contractual aims without any bother !

 

[kidder_wolf_II]

I’m glad the Glazers will be staying as they are the owners Man Utd fans deserve lol

 

[Chisels_n_ommers]

I’m glad the Glazers will be staying as they are the owners Man Utd fans deserve lol

The Glazers will be there for another 3 years minimum, but likely Sir Jim can't afford a buy out at that stage (Chelsea and Barce both showed him the door when he looked to get involved).
For Utd this signals a relative degree of stagnation for the foreseeable.

On a wider scale, you'd think think these Qataris will turn their attention to some other big (huge) club.

 

[rincewind]

There's probably a similar thread to this on 16 other Premier league clubs fora and a few Championship ones.
Be nice for the club but seems highly unlikely to me.

 

[Jefe]

There's a nice little fixer-upper only 75 miles south if you're interested, chaps

 

[BlahBlah]

60k stadium would be a dreadful error, we wouldn’t fill it.

We would if Taylor Swift came here........

 

[Wolf316]

We would if Taylor Swift came here........

Would we get free earplugs?

 

[Wolf in Kenilworth]

Good news. **** United.

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Qatari partial investment at Wolves??

We can dream. Even if they invest 500m for 40% would see us up the top end of the table.

Dreaming is for free lol. Peanuts to them

 

[Minimalist]

Qatari partial investment at Wolves??

We can dream. Even if they invest 500m for 40% would see us up the top end of the table.

Dreaming is for free lol. Peanuts to them

They’d want the whole club.
And they’d probably get it for less than that anyway.

 

[Scallywolf]

We would if Taylor Swift came here........

What position does he play in?

 

[Superted]

What position does he play in?

Does very well up front. Far too vocal for my liking though.

 

[cannockwolves]

60k stadium would be a dreadful error, we wouldn’t fill it. Far better to do a Juventus and build a top class smaller stadium

This is all hypothetical, and you would be right if we stayed as a just a top ten club.

But if these imaginary new owners pumped in hundreds of millions into the playing staff over multiple windows and we broke the top 4 regularly and the multiple years needed to build such a stadium then I think you would be surprised at just how many you could pull in, but you would have to be challenging the top four, have a big away end and keep the tickets cheap.

But as I said it's all dreamland, it is not happening.

As others have said it not without it's moral questions, but if any multi-billionaires purchased the club they will have something shady about them - you don't get that sort of spare change without doing something a bit suspect.

I have said on another thread, the best owner would be Steve Balmer Ex-CEO of microsoft. He is with billions and was voted as the best owner in the NBA.

Personally, I don't think Fosun are looking to sell. I do think they are protecting the downside if the geopolitical situation gets worse, so it's just a return to some degree of self-sufficiency. But that's fine, every year a well run premier league club should be able to spend £30m every year. That is one or two very good young players, we should be able build a good squad over time that renews itself.

 

[lets all have a disco]

If you believe the rumours it's Spurs they are after nw....

 

[Rabid Wolf]

If you believe the rumours it's Spurs they are after nw....

If they think negotiating with Glaziers was hard then god help them with Levy.

 

[wolfslair]

If they think negotiating with Glaziers was hard then god help them with Levy.

Levy would welcome that money with open arms! If only to say “look what I brought to the club that United couldn’t…..”

 

[maws]

Basically **** United and their self entitled fans

They say they deserve better? Why? Because they’re Man Utd? **** off you protest about your owners while wearing the repo kids shirts they profit on you thick thick ****s

 

[WW1963]

I was reading many comments on the Goldbridge video he released today. They were saying that they could no longer support Man United, such was their downer on the Glazers. They said that they were on the brink of leaving football altogether.

I told a United fan at work today that the Qataris could well come for Wolves. He laughed at the thought of that ever happening - because we are a small club. I told him that we have the most marketable colours and badge in the world and we have a much greater history than Newcastle, yet the Saudis bought them.

I saw his eyebrows twitch.

 

[glorybox]

Apparently Ratcliffe wants to increase the Old Trafford capacity to 90,000. May as well move it to the South East then surely?

 

[Olivergoldblack]

What position does he play in?

Good at getting into blank spaces

 

[Dr Wolfenstein]

Levy would welcome that money with open arms! If only to say “look what I brought to the club that United couldn’t…..”

Would a Jewish businessman negotiate with a Sheikh from the country that currently funds & shelters the Hamas leadership?

 

[lobodelsur]

I’m glad the Glazers will be staying as they are the owners Man Utd fans deserve lol

True. Just wish they would move quicker and take even more money out of the club...

 

[Zico]

True. Just wish they would move quicker and take even more money out of the club...

They're easily the highest spenders over the last ten years.

 

[lobodelsur]

They're easily the highest spenders over the last ten years.

The Glazers have also extracted huge sums of money from the club. Money which could have been re-invested.

How much money have the Glazers made from Man Utd?

The Glazers aren't popular owners, but how much have they actually made from owning Manchester United?

www.footballtransfers.com

 

[wolfslair]

They're easily the highest spenders over the last ten years.

Give boehly one more window and he probably overtakes based on his supermarket sweep approach lol

 

[wwbug]

We would need a new stadium . Could that happen ?

 

[AndyY]

Apparently Ratcliffe wants to increase the Old Trafford capacity to 90,000. May as well move it to the South East then surely?

Old Trafford Wembley?