He ain’t staying long
Newcastle United now owned by the PIF | PL receives "legally binding assurances that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will not control NUFC" ;)
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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.
So much going on. The city is building loads of scrapers and it's such a multi cultural place, it'll never be greater than London or look as pretty as Paris but it is a very good city.
I'm a Londoner who lives in a city about 1.5 hours away from Manchester. I have spent many weekends in that city. I love it there. It's not London, but I love it there.
Great, now point me where in my post did I mention anything about Chelsea being valued less than Arsenal.
He ain’t staying long
Good for him and I think he negotiated a big pay out if he's fired if reports are to believed. I foresee a Christmas exit for Bruce as they identify targets and also stabilize the club a bit. Have to hurt for Rafa Beneathus, having waited out so long and how managing a skint Everton.
You are going off the reservation here.
Let me restate the point I was trying to make : Chelsea has turned out to be a profitable investment for Abramovich based on a minimum valuation of 2b, derived from Forbes and and a similar offer being made for Arsenal.
That’s it. Nothing to do with you. Now you can rebut this or agree with it.
The Fat Waiter should have waited a bit longer?
Great City, Cheshire less than an hour South (lots of player families seem to like it) and that there London c2 hrs on a train.
Everton are not skint.
I'd be bailing if that was my club. Would rather wait another 61 years for a trophy.
Considering he took over Everton and 3 months later this thing goes through, he surely thinks that way. A bit funny for us though. I can somehow stomach brendan Rogers and other Liverpool managers but Rafa Beneathus was something else.
Tbf, I used to like Everton till you lot treated Moyes very unfairly. I'm sure you don't want an owner like that and your owner is loaded as well, but due to the mismanagement of previous years, you are looking at managing your finances a bit. Newcastle don't have that kind of limitations for a spending spree now. I also have to say that Rafa specifically was waiting for this takeover while he was the manager of Barcodes and then didn't take a job waiting for this to happen.
Well, there is alleged FFP in operation in the PL. We'll see how long that last (LOL).
In 5 years kids around the world will walk in Toon colours.
Only football managers can gain sympathy for being poor at their job.
In fairness it's a lot nicer than Newcastle.
If this goes through Newcastle will become premier league champions before Manchester United.
I like Steve Bruce, he played for us. What's your problem?
It’s funny seeing the media portraying this as a good thing for Newcastle and it’s poor downtrodden fans, all hail the Saudi saviours! rescuing their poor souls from the beast that is Mike Ashley.
I bet your bottom dollar that if it had of been us being taken over by them the talk of their human rights abuse, Khashoggi etc would of been at the forefront of the headlines.
I bet your bottom dollar that if it had of been us being taken over by them the talk of their human rights abuse, Khashoggi etc would of been at the forefront of the headlines.
He's a Chelsea fan.
At least they won't challenge us this season?
If they want to invest in January they'd do worse than take a few of our players off our hands, could see Martial & Bailly playing for the Toon. Maybe even VdB.
That might be true in the UK but outside of it, Newcastle United are no more well-known or popular than Manchester City. For foreign players, the appeal is pretty much the same: money and the prospect of winning stuff.
More state owned clubs, WC every 2 years, Super Leagues attempting to form, the romance in football is slowly but surely dwindling away.
Are you saying it's an untreatable condition?
I get why they'd be happy about the money side of things, but the Newcastle fans being giddy over the new owners are vomit-inducing.
Now Newcastle are just reduced to being a sportswashing front - crack on, lads.
Now Newcastle are just reduced to being a sportswashing front - crack on, lads.
Very true.
I live down south and 10 years ago you would never have seen a kid in a city shirt. There's tons of them now.
Absolutely no doubt it will happen to the magpies
It's pretty serious.
cheaper housing too. This lady works in my company based in Canary Wharf but she stays in Manchester on a London salary similar to mine. She basically lives in a brilliant house. In fact Man Utd players live near her.
I grew up with Liverpool and then Man United fans in London. It's natural for glory hunters to spring up, always has been.
Media will lap it up in about a month. Who cares what that regime represent and what kind of country it is. Football has gone mad years ago.
because it is such a romantic thing when football is basically about 3 richest countries and their capitals, like it has been the case for a while now.
Saud day for football.
Oh yes
Oh yes
Like City?
More likely to be like Everton. Spending money on shitebags like Iwobi, Sigurdson, Kean etc.
Anything that puts more pressure upon the Glazers is good for Man Utd the club.
Even if fans don’t realise it.
Well unless you want a corrupt state to buy and use Man Utd too then yeah, it is bad news.
Not so sure. Newcastle are a genuine sleeping giant, and these owners have serious money.
Everton have Liverpool right next to them and Utd and City just across the way. Newcastle don’t have any other currently huge teams as very close geographical neighbours.
It’ll take a few years, as with City, but if they employ the right football people, and connect with the (huge) and loyal fanbase, Newcastle will be right up there.
Big day today ?
?Slightly naive. They will simply spend an absolute shitload of cash, exactly as City did. Newcastle will inevitably rise to the top of the game within the next 3-5 years.
I want the Glazers out of Man Utd. I don’t have some kind of bizarre Stockholm Syndrome toward them where I’m gonna write off hypothetical future owners etc.
I just want Utd with the Glazers gone.