[Football] Another one bites the dust. Man Utd

[Hamilton]

Another middle eastern purchase.

Manchester United: Qatar's Sheikh Jassim and Ineos make bids for Premier League club

Qatar's Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos make bids to buy Manchester United.

www.bbc.co.uk

Let the sports washing continue.

 

[Lever]

Sickening… and another reason to cling to our beloved Albion.

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

What does it say when a club/brand as big as Manchester f***ing United needs propping up by the middle east.

Grim for football.

 

[Stat Brother]

What does it say when a club/brand as big as Manchester f***ing United needs propping up by the middle east.

Grim for football.

It says 'by Christ Utd have been poorly run'.

 

[Hamilton]

Another step closer to the European Super League.

 

[Hamilton]

And is it me, or does Sheik Jassim look like Paul Merson?

 

[portlock seagull]

Man United invented the whole shit show that is the greedy game, 30 odd years ago. A case of careful what you wish for if anyone at OT is left with a social conscience and morals. I say this because I thought most of those left and started a new club in the noughties?

 

[beorhthelm]

lets wait a bit till the end of the buying process, might be Ratcliffe buys it (actual local lad done well)

 

[AmexRuislip]

And is it me, or does Sheik Jassim look like Paul Merson?

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Probably also a pundit!

 

[RowZ]

Once 51% of PL clubs owned by Arabs and Yanks........then it's all over....games in UAE, Sydney etc......

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Hope the big 7 hurry up and feck off to play ONLY in Europe/World League. So we can compete for the English title every year.

 

[Pevenseagull]

f*** it


I'm taking up watching Ice Hockey.

 

[Pevenseagull]

f*** it


I'm taking up watching Ice Hockey.

C'mon LA Kings!!!!

 

[Pevenseagull]

Ice Hockey is great

 

[BadFish]

Another step closer to the European Super League.

I hope so

But only if they are not allowed to stay in the premier league too.

 

[BadFish]

Once 51% of PL clubs owned by Arabs and Yanks........then it's all over....games in UAE, Sydney etc......

I don't know why they don't just do this. Instead of buying up our league they can set one up across the middle east, USA and rest of the world. Pump their billions into it and make sure only 3 clubs can ever win it. They can have TV deals coming out of their arses and all the mercenary players they can throw brown envelopes at.

They can cater for the worldwide armchair twitter fan and their adopted clubs and we can reorganise ourselves to push competitiveness and sporting enjoyment to the top of our priorities list.

In short, take your money and f*** off.

Yeah yeah, I know it's pie in the sky and completely unworkable in the current climate and will never happen. But as you say once they get over 51% of it they are going to ruin it anyway.

 

[RowZ]

What most don't know is the Premier League IS the 20 clubs......there is no overriding body or company.....the PL IS the clubs....and they employ a chief exec, offices, refs etc.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Other than the sports washing angle what major difference will it make? They're already one of the richest clubs in the world so how much extra money will be piled into them?

In a footballing sense it's not like Newcastle or chelsea/man city before them where a middling team became a major power. It's just the replacing of one set of money driven owners with some morally dubious ones. I also don't think having a middle eastern state rather than American billionaire business men in charge makes the ESL any more likely than it already is. They'll both jump at the opportunity.

Also, how good a job have Qatar actually done at PSG?

 

[Bold Seagull]

lets wait a bit till the end of the buying process, might be Ratcliffe buys it (actual local lad done well)

Ineos undertaking their own sport washing of their brand as one of Britain’s worse polluters.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Also, how good a job have Qatar actually done at PSG?

“It is easy to lose track of the sheer level of inanity and dysfunction at PSG. But it was there in its many shades before, during and after the 1-0 defeat by Bayern Munich in Paris on Tuesday, an occasion when the team looked more than ever like a version of football as reimagined by an uncompromising nine-year-old video game enthusiast.”