Joel, Jim & Jassim - Utd Ownership

BaZ87 said:
I'm not sure Utd's signings are any more last minute than any other sides, that appears to be an excuse used to justify why you pay crazy fees. Utd didn't sign Antony because you lost to Brentford - you were negotiating that deal for most of the summer and given how he's performed, you can understand why the club were trying to drive the price down. Ultimately though they agreed to pay £80m odd for him as that was the player ETH wanted. Similarly Utd wasted most of last summer chasing FdJ as he was the guy ETH wanted, despite reports throughout the summer stating FdJ didn't want to join. You didn't sign Casemiro because of the early loses, it was because you finally accepted FdJ wasn't going to happen.
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We can all agree that the recruitment department, if there even is one, is ****. ETH has definitely made mistakes/played a part in things but there are bigger, more long standing problems than him.
 
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sigma said:
We can all agree that the recruitment department, if there even is one, is ****. ETH has definitely made mistakes/played a part in things but there are bigger, more long standing problems than him.
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I've never said otherwise. In fact this exchange started by you quoting a post of mine where I'm making a point about the Glazer's failings without any criticism of ETH.
 
HangTime said:
You can't seriously be suggesting Haaland would have joined United instead of City based on them having different owners. He went to City because they are a much better team with a better manager and much more chance to win trophies there. As proven last season, no way he would've won the treble at MU (heck they weren't even in the Champions League). And that's before you even consider who his father is.

Bellingham who knows but keep in mind the last English player to join MU from Dortmund hasn't had a perfect start to their OT career which could be off-putting.

As for Kane I think that was more realistic but rumours are Levy's preference was not to sell him to a potential PL rival for European qualification.
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Man Utd were scouting Haaland while he was still at Molde and Bellingham whilst he was still at Birmingham. Could have quite easily have gotten both if they had the right people in charge.

 
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omnomnom said:
Why are they clowns? If they value it as higher they arent clowns for holding on
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What they value it as and reality are two different things.

This entire process has been a complete farce.

Edit - also they aren’t exactly putting the best interests of the club first.
 
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At least the laugh will continue.

Nothing will happen, the club will continue to perform the exact same way.

The fans will have to have a bit of short terms hurt for long terms gain, they need to get organised and actually boycott games. Stay outside OT. Get games delayed. They need to do it without causing damage though. Take a leaf from those stop oil people. Stopping the CL games at home going ahead would be major

Won’t happen though and they’ll continue to line their pockets will the clubs debt goes beyond £1bn
 
When I saw Qatar had withdrawn I assumed it was because Ratcliffe had engineered some sort of deal. Looks like 25% initially with a view to taking over the rest in the next few years.

I can only hope that the Glazers will let him run things as they've done such a terrible job, and hopefully he will do better (no guarantee there either).

At least something is happening, at last.
 
I can only assume Ratcliffe/Ineos isn't stupid enough to only buy 25% without having something contracted to let him get more.

I can't see them letting him run the club though so I don't think anything will change for 2/3 years.
 
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