The Qataris

No, not at all. The Qatari royal family can be fired into the sun for all I care.

It's barely 10 months since the takeover. 5 months since Berrada was appointed CEO. I don't understand how or why anyone expects things (which have been embedded over a decade) to change over night. This just seems to be the way in modern football.

FFS Jim hsant even started buying United outright.

The Glazers still own United. As I understand things Jim has a timed option to eventually own United but he cant do it under the present share option rules that the Glazers have imposed. That is converting class A shares into Class B shares as long as the two Glazer execs and their siblings own the majority of all shares. Jim has to have a long and hard conversation with them to buy the Club LS&B. Which I'm beginnining to doubt if Jim still wants to, at the price Glazers are ready to accept and the long term mess the club are in.

comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
FFS Jim hsant even started buying United outright.

The Glazers still own United. As I understand things Jim has a timed option to eventually own United but he cant do it under the present share option rules that the Glazers have imposed. That is converting class A shares into Class B shares as long as the two Glazer execs and their siblings own the majority of all shares. Jim has to have a long and hard conversation with them to buy the Club LS&B. Which I'm beginnining to doubt if Jim still wants to, at the price Glazers are ready to accept and the long term mess the club are in.



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Still needs to scrape the money together by taking away the kitchen staffs bus passes & finding second hand cones for training.

Glazers will want up to £10B to hand United over.

Even Jim doesnt have that much to spend on a football club. Only a Nation has that. Makes Jim's talk (Jim is great at the talk) of a new Stadium a distant dream right now. As if he will arrange the build a new stadium for the Glazers ownership. Creating a team that is better than the likes of Crystal Palace is the best he can do right now in the mid to long term in what he owns at United.

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comment by Tyranny of the majority (SE85) (U21241)
posted 8 hours, 47 minutes ago
I'm sure there was quite credible stories soon after Jim acquired 27% that the Qatar bid was never as serious as it was initially reported.

There was some interest but it never materialised into a meaningful offer. I think the media were having a field day with it with next to nothing to go off as per usual.

The fact Jim was able to get 27% of the club up against so called bottomless pits of money says it all. It clearly wasn't as serious as some fans wanted to believe.
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More recent stories seem to indicate that the Glazers actually didn't want to sell, and kept changing the goal posts with the Qataris who had a 4.7bn bid ready. The Glazers didn't want to lose United as it is Thier biggest cash cow. Pretty much after being messed round several times, they realised that Galzers were not willing to sell United out right. Hence Jim coming in

So....is Uncle Jim just a slightly better Micheal Knighton...?

comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 36 seconds ago
So....is Uncle Jim just a slightly better Micheal Knighton...?
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I reckon Michael Knighton could play Keepie Uppie with a football and volley it in the net better than Jim can.

comment by RB&W - Our representative on the pitch (U21434)
posted 48 minutes ago
comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 36 seconds ago
So....is Uncle Jim just a slightly better Micheal Knighton...?
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I reckon Michael Knighton could play Keepie Uppie with a football and volley it in the net better than Jim can.
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But can he run a marathon and still make it in time to watch his us win the cup like Jim did?

Flip flop Robb coming to his senses.

It is alright brother, just admit it Ineos have done some questionable things.