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Originally Posted by tomcat

Qatari Royals Plan £5 Billion Opening Bid for Man United




Manchester United’s English striker Marcus Rashford shoots during an English Premier League match between Manchester United and Leeds United at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on Feb. 8.Photographer: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty ImagesBy
Archana Narayanan and
Dinesh Nair

February 17, 2023 at 2:48 AM GMT+7

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Qatari investors are readying a roughly £5 billion ($6 billion) opening bid for Manchester United Plc, people with knowledge of the matter said, ahead of what’s expected to be a fierce bidding war for the English football giant.
A consortium including Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, the country’s former prime minister and ex-head of the Qatar Investment Authority, is putting the final touches on a proposal to acquire the English Premier League club from the US Glazer family.
Deliberations are ongoing and no final decisions on the size or timing of any proposal have been taken, according to the people. A representative for Al Thani didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Bloomberg News reported this week that the QIA has been helping with preparations for a bid alongside local family offices. Any offer is likely to face competition from British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, who’s already lined up financing from banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for a bid of his own.



Manchester United is one of the biggest names in world sports and has been the subject of increasing takeover speculation since Bloomberg News reported in the summer that the Glazer family was open to selling a stake. New York bank Raine Group is advising the Glazers.

Ciz and Lulu will be wanking over their monitors at that hatchet C&P

You thinking of bidding, TC?


Hopefully Jimmy Ratcliffe gets it.

Bloomberg last with the news again, as with the stuff tc posts up about Thailand.

Originally Posted by Joe 90

Ciz and Lulu will be wanking over their monitors at that hatchet C&P

There's a difference. He knows how to use the 'edit' button.

Originally Posted by Joe 90

hatchet

Congrats for not spelling it hatcit.

Good effort in the Nou Camp. Probably should have won it.

Originally Posted by Edmond

You thinking of bidding, TC?

...I'm close with the Al-Thani family...

^ Uefa should blocked it but of course they are as susceptible to corruption as Fifa - i suspect a brown suitcase is already in the lobby in Nyon.

Barca with a few out for the next game and we'll have Martinez and Sabitzer back from suspension. Maybe a couple out of the treatment room too.

Stay tuned for part 2 of this week's biggest game in Europe.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

this week's biggest game in the fairs cup.

riveted

Originally Posted by malmomike77

riveted

You might just scrape into the Europa next season the way you're going at the moment.

we'll see you there

The bids are coming in!!
Who will buy Merchandise utd??

Sir Jim or the Qataris??

^ one of the terrorist sand monkeys

Originally Posted by malmomike77

^ one of the terrorist sand monkeys

Oh dear, no oil money for manure United..

UEFA urged to block Man Utd takeover bid that "jeopardises integrity of the game" - Mirror Online

integrity of the game?

Originally Posted by cyrille

integrity of the game?

You saying WBA have integrity?

You a pissed up thicko posting non sequiturs?

What happened to Elon?

Deadline passed and 2 official bids.

The Sheikh pushing forward a debt free bid and claim that all profits would be reinvested in the men's and women's teams, facilities and community.

And possibly renaming the stadium to لن نستسلم أبدًا ولن نخذلك أبدًا أو نستدير أو نتركك

Originally Posted by Edmond

Deadline passed and 2 official bids.

The Sheikh pushing forward a debt free bid and claim that all profits would be reinvested in the men's and women's teams, facilities and community.

And possibly renaming the stadium to لن نستسلم أبدًا ولن نخذلك أبدًا أو نستدير أو نتركك

This is just a first round to gauge interest, apparently.

Hpefully, Ratcliffe's bid will prevail, but I don't think the Glazers will be factoring any morality concerns into the sale. Saudi reported to be sniffing around too.

It will be interesting to see what the final price is cos there's over 500 million quid's worth of debt sitting there as well as an urgent need to upgrade/rebuild the stadium.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Saudi reported to be sniffing around too.

I'm not sure one family can own two premier league clubs.

Uefa are questioning it from a European angle too

The moaners chances of winning the Milk Littlewoods Everest Double Glazing Coca Cola Carabao cup just improved significantly.

A well deserved lead at half-time.