Sir Jim Ratcliffe: I want to buy Manchester United | Will make a bid for the club [Telegraph]

fishfingers15 said:
His point is still valid, although I do agree that Glazers are another level of mega leeches
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Which point exactly?

Go back 20 years and no one was calling for Old Trafford to be rebuilt/renovated/modernised it was considered one of the best stadiums in Europe. If that's his point it's nonsense.
 
Rightnr said:
Wth is this even supposed to mean?
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It’s supposed to mean that, while the Glazers are shite bla bla bla, ridiculous theories like ‘FDJ stories have stopped because we won a game’ sounds extremely far fetched.
 
Rozay said:
It’s supposed to mean that, while the Glazers are shite bla bla bla, ridiculous theories like ‘FDJ stories have stopped because we won a game’ sounds extremely far fetched.
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It's not that far-fetched unless you actively live under a rock and have missed what's come out from the club in the last year. Read what the other person responded to my post.
 
Rightnr said:
It's not that far-fetched unless you actively live under a rock and have missed what's come out from the club in the last year. Read what the other person responded to my post.
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‘FDJ stories have stopped’. Really? For 24 hours? What if we get another one tomorrow? And what has happened over the last year that would support such a fantasy claim?
 
stevoc said:
Well in that case I've no idea why you quoted me. Because I've only been discussing Old Trafford.
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The guy wrote a long post, and you highlighted a single portion of it and said you can't be bothered with the rest. He again explained the bigger picture about the Glazer ownership. You replied to the second post again quoting about the stadium re-design and how Old Trafford was state of the art in 2005. I replied to your post and said explicitly that I loathe the glazers but his general point about the bigger picture of Glazer ownership is valid.

English isn't my first language and I'm sorry that I have to explain this multiple times to you.
 
https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.c...cien-favre-did-not-want-to-sign-aaron-ramsey/

With pressure mounting on Favre already, he has disagreed on a variety of issues with former Cardiff City director Iain Moody who the Swiss sees as focusing on his own preferred transfer targets rather than the coach’s. The signing of former Juventus and Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey is a key example, as Favre was against signing the 31-year-old but Moody pushed the deal through regardless. Favre is also against the possible departure of young defender Flavius Daniliuc to Italy with little cover in that area of the squad.

The financial muscle of the INEOS-owned project was a key motivator in Favre’s return to France but he’s now questioning whether the club actually has the financial potential to match his ambitions of a return to Ligue 1’s podium by the end of the season.
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Didn't realise Nice had appointed Iain Moody as a consultant. This is the guy who was accused of exchanging racist, sexist and homophobic messages with Malky Mackay whilst at Cardiff. He now appears to be signing players the manager doesn't want.

Hopefully Ratcliffe will make better decisions here if this happens!
 
fishfingers15 said:
The guy wrote a long post, and you highlighted a single portion of it and said you can't be bothered with the rest. He again explained the bigger picture about the Glazer ownership. You replied to the second post again quoting about the stadium re-design and how Old Trafford was state of the art in 2005. I replied to your post and said explicitly that I loathe the glazers but his general point about the bigger picture of Glazer ownership is valid.
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That's right, he was spewing waffle about Old Trafford I had no desire to read or respond to the rest of his posts. All I was discussing was his views on Old Trafford.

fishfingers15 said:
English isn't my first language and I'm sorry that I have to explain this multiple times to you.
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His last two posts in reply to me had very little if anything to do with the Glazers mate. So I'm also sorry.
 
He must keep on applying the pressure on the Glazers. If he's serious about buying the club, he must keep himself into the spotlight time and time again.
 
Sir Jim Ratcliffe's position is unchanged - he wants a full takeover [via @RobDawsonESPN]
 
Jimmy Big Bollocks has not said much since. He must have been placated by the Casemiro signing.
 
SuperiorXI said:
He's a bullshitter, don't expect him to do anything but talk rubbish.
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Yeah we know that, but wasn’t he supposed to launch a hostile takeover? Im just thinking if he does that maybe other potential buyers will come out. Surely JR can’t be the only one interested
 
Can't he just put a cheeky 5 billion public bid just to stoke the flames a little bit?
 
Sviken said:
Can't he just put a cheeky 5 billion public bid just to stoke the flames a little bit?
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A lower bid to start off with otherwise the leeches are going to want him to increase that as more interested parties come out.
 
The Glazers are looking for investment to help fund the redevelopment of Old Trafford, although Sir Jim Ratcliffe would be keen for a full takeover. However, there has been no indication the Glazers are looking to relinquish control. [@RobDawsonESPN] #GlazersOut


Still hanging on!
 
lefty_jakobz said:
Yeah we know that, but wasn’t he supposed to launch a hostile takeover? Im just thinking if he does that maybe other potential buyers will come out. Surely JR can’t be the only one interested
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That's all nonsense, you can't do a "hostile takeover" when the owners have the majority share it's just not possible. The only way is to pay what the Glazers want.
 
lefty_jakobz said:
Yeah we know that, but wasn’t he supposed to launch a hostile takeover? Im just thinking if he does that maybe other potential buyers will come out. Surely JR can’t be the only one interested
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Hostile bid, not takeover. Pretty much make them an offer they cant refuse
 
SuperiorXI said:
That's all nonsense, you can't do a "hostile takeover" when the owners have the majority share it's just not possible. The only way is to pay what the Glazers want.
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Surely he can still put in a £40m bid even though theres literally not a chance in hell of it getting accepted? Just need a bid in to get the ball rolling so to speak.
 
I do think he cannot just go making offers but an opening bid at about 3.5-4bn would be good to energise the fans and the campaign as a whole.

Having said that, I'm sure he's got plenty of smart people on the job to push this through if he's really serious.
 
Rightnr said:
I do think he cannot just go making offers but an opening bid at about 3.5-4bn would be good to energise the fans and the campaign as a whole.

Having said that, I'm sure he's got plenty of smart people on the job to push this through if he's really serious.
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Yeah we just need someone to open the flood gates.
 
Rightnr said:
I do think he cannot just go making offers but an opening bid at about 3.5-4bn would be good to energise the fans and the campaign as a whole.

Having said that, I'm sure he's got plenty of smart people on the job to push this through if he's really serious.
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Surely if he's serious, he should start by cleaning up the shares already on the market?
 
Skills said:
Surely if he's serious, he should start by cleaning up the shares already on the market?
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Those are worth peanuts control-wise IIRC. It's the A-class shares that have 1 vote to 10 for the B class the snakes hold.

And this is assuming there's enough float out there and even then, he might have to declare his ownership if he hits a certain %-age - not sure if 5 or 10%
 
SuperiorXI said:
That's all nonsense, you can't do a "hostile takeover" when the owners have the majority share it's just not possible. The only way is to pay what the Glazers want.
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yea you can

it just means the board are against it but you still manage to acquire enough shares
 
lefty_jakobz said:
Surely he can still put in a £40m bid even though theres literally not a chance in hell of it getting accepted? Just need a bid in to get the ball rolling so to speak.
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That just reminds me of the time when Arsenal made that laughable offer for Suarez.
 
Tarrou said:
yea you can

it just means the board are against it but you still manage to acquire enough shares
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The Glazers have the lions share so even if all the other shares were bought, it would mean diddly squat to the Glazers control of the club. No buyer is going to convince them to turn on the interest of their own family.
 
SuperiorXI said:
The Glazers have the lions share so even if all the other shares were bought, it would mean diddly squat to the Glazers control of the club. No buyer is going to convince them to turn on the interest of their own family.
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yeah, I agree it’s unlikely to ever happen

feck those wankers
 
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