Apparently nothing filed on the SEC, so this is looking like 100% bullshit. It would literally be illegal to do this without notifying shareholders and stock markets, and halting trading.
Saudi Takeover - Claim deal done
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
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It's not mentioned on commentary but it is always always there. No one forgets they're lottery winners and it'll always be a factor which is why they're not taken seriously on here, and pretty much 99% of Utd fans are cheering them on to win the league. It's hollow and empty.
Nothing on the Disney Channel yet. I'll check Disney Junior.
Share are up 3% today but still trading.
Who is this Linkedin guy anyway?
Who is this Linkedin guy anyway?
His Linkedin says:
Director of Government Affairs, External Relations and Protocol at Confidential
it’s some kid in his bedroomEveryone saying it's bullshit because its not been announced on the stock exchange. Well no shit? Every fecker would be reporting it if it's happened officially.
I'm assuming this fella is suggesting it's been agreed to an extent rather than being official.
I think it's inevitable but probably still some ways to go. I'm basing it on the fact we know Richard Arnold and one of the Glazer ferrets met the Saudis last year and there being plenty more reports. To the point where the Saudi's publicly denied the reports.
I'm assuming this fella is suggesting it's been agreed to an extent rather than being official.
I think it's inevitable but probably still some ways to go. I'm basing it on the fact we know Richard Arnold and one of the Glazer ferrets met the Saudis last year and there being plenty more reports. To the point where the Saudi's publicly denied the reports.
Judging by this thread I expect this forum to halve in terms of members should this go through.
Or are you all bark and no bite you hardcore lifelong lot?
Personally I don't want them and my interest in footy has been gradually waning because there actually is far more to life. I'll leave the forum if the Saudis come. I suspect 90% of you will be afraid to lose your topred accolades and do what you always do....perform mental gymnastics to try and justify it.
Or are you all bark and no bite you hardcore lifelong lot?
Personally I don't want them and my interest in footy has been gradually waning because there actually is far more to life. I'll leave the forum if the Saudis come. I suspect 90% of you will be afraid to lose your topred accolades and do what you always do....perform mental gymnastics to try and justify it.
This is not good if it is true. 
Things are always unofficial....until they're official! Reminds me of the transfer sagas.
You’ve managed to find a position where you are looking down on absolutely every single point of view on this topic. Well done.
Maybe it's because I try to stay away from media, but they've gained tons of plastics haven't they? so the media exposure can't be that bad I imagine.
I dont see the club as a religion. All I've known is Sir Alex's never say die, win at all costs attitude, there wasn't a ceiling on our ambitions back then. So I just want to see the club with unlimited ambition again. I'm proud of our history putting faith in young players and never want to see us lose that.
We're never going to be fan owned are we? So anyone seems a better alternative than continuing being serial losers under the Glazers.
To me, I dont see the difference between them & the Glazers. The clubs already been tarnished through the Glazers. The Glazers used us as a business plaything, which could have destroyed us without SAF's genius, and have utterly crippled us in the process, to where we're a laughing stock now. Anything to be rid of them and restore some standards back into the club would be welcome to me.
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Awesome. I just hate hypocrites mate. You don't want them? Stop attending games. Simple.
I actually think this will happen, this guy may have somewhat jumped the gun or may well be speculating like the rest of us but I do think this is going to happen at some point, there has been a lot of smoke over the past year.
I’m no fan of the Saudis but (half) hoping there’s some truth to this simply for the pissboiling it will cause everywhere. City and Chelsea have had owners with extremely sketchy backgrounds with years yet nobody in the media seems to care much but just you watch the incandescent rage which will appear if we are under Saudi ownership...
As long as you realize you can never call Chelsea or City plastic or get upset if someone else calls United plastic again, without being a complete hypocrite.
Tough to decide just where this would land in terms of the lowest moments in the club's history but it would be right up there.
We would be rich if the Saudis take us over, a friend of mine told me. But, are we not already rich enough?
Does it? Who uses Comic Sans on their official website ffs
But you’re calling people hypocrites based on a hypothetical situation in which you agree with the people you are calling hypocrites.
I can promise you it will not be as bad as when the Glazers took over.
I doubt you will see that many protests against it
We’re very rich, I think the issue is the owners use of our money rather than the sum of it. We could be spending a lot more and our paper thin squad could have been quite easily amended had we actually replaced outgoing players. It’s certainly not an issue we need the Saudis to fix.
Frustrating but true
Yep. We don't need them. Bayern, Barca, Real, Juve and Liverpool are doing okay without being owned by nation States from the UAE and we already have the resources to compete with any one of them (without selling our souls in the process).
This.
Not totally sure how people aren't gleaning that part.
I'm not totally sure of the real ins and outs of the regime in question.
But one thing is for sure, the Glazers have milked United for long enough, and disguised this to fans by letting United occasionally spend more than 50m net in a window at a time fees have sky rocketed
Why can’t people understand this is totally different to City and Chelsea.
We are Manchester feckin’ United. A behemoth of a club who don’t need money to get back to the top, we just need to be rid of owners who take take take.
In order to compete with the likes of Madrid, Barca, City, PSG what we need is an owner that does not seek a financial return and simply wants the club to be the best.
That’s the one thing those clubs have in common and no surprise they are the best clubs in Europe.
Unfortunately we are victims of our own success and value as only the Saudi’s will be able to afford Manchester United and not seek a huge financial return. Other owners would require another leveraged buyout and suck funds from the club.
I’m so bored of the moral and ethical lessons preached in here by fans who will do nothing if this goes through.
Embrace their ownership and try to influence their human rights going forward whilst United thrive.
Or sit back and watch this feckin glorious club turn into Liverpool pre Klopp.
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100% agree. We need the Glazers out but hopefully not the Saudis coming in.
What else would you rank close to Saudi's taking us over?
I'm assuming that you would think the Saudis are a terrible thing, so what else would compare in our history? Munich?
I am not 100% sure that Real does not have ,(or had) some government backing at some some stage.
Who's this Naif Madkhali guy? Is he someone important? Verified on Twitter and has tweeted quite a bit about us recently.
I think this will happen. No smoke without fire and this one seems to becoming to a climax.
The reality is if not the Saudis then it will be leveraged on debt again by someone else
This will be amazing if it happens. Could brong back the glory years and open Saudi to a new era.
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Oh no, Munich was obviously worse. After that though I'm struggling to think of anything that compares.
Want it but I call BS, maybe he’s looking for a few followers or maybe a new job.
Exactly.
There are things more important than winning football matches. Human life for example. Don’t get why so many of our fans are giddy over such a rumor. This would be a disaster for our club. We don’t need the terror funding, jounalists butchering a$$ho£es owning us. I would rather see us relegated than winning the quadruple under the ownership of the sauds.
I wonder if we could get a poll to see how many here would be in favour?
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