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Takeover?

Premier League Manchester United
by Redsince73 (U9035646) 02 September 2007
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What do you guys think of the paper speculation this morning that two consortiums are lining up a £1billion takeover of Utd?

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posted Sep 10, 2007

so long as we done get a loser like Glazer (mr doesnt no how to RUN a BUSINESS) or the city guy or jst some1 who is iffy i dont mind who we're taken over lol any1 but not the glazers they dont no how to run a business well the sons do not him

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posted Sep 10, 2007

Just remember this..Manchester united isnt Leeds,when leeds went belly up there was not a cue around the block of peolpe willing to pay out hundreds of millions to get there hands on the club. there will be at Manchester United...
If things don't go to plan for the Glazer mob and we end up de-faulting on loans ,we would simply be owned (all be it temporarily)by the banks who's hedge funds we have borrowed from. In this instance we would for all intents and purposes be put up for sale to the highest bidder all the banks will want is a return on there investment . The club is a money printing machine and the £1BN price tag is not at all far fetched , so when you consider that the banks would sell for around £500M (1/2 price) THERE WOULD BE A CUE AROUND THE BLOCK !

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posted Sep 10, 2007

they wont be allowed they come part and parcel they keep the debts cause its there money they give us what we started with or so i understand it from people but im not totally sure on that

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posted Sep 10, 2007

so long as we done get a loser like Glazer (mr doesnt no how to RUN a BUSINESS) or the city guy or jst some1 who is iffy i dont mind who we're taken over lol any1 but not the glazers they dont no how to run a business well the sons do not him

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posted Sep 10, 2007

MR glazer does not no how to run a business like utd its not his normal field remember the pirates hmmm or has everyone forgotten that he screwwed them up and made the fans plus local people pay for it after he ruined it?? or am i missing something here?

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posted Sep 11, 2007

now might be a very good time for the Glaziers to get out actually. Their debt was actually financed using a large CDO (collection of Credit Derivatives). With the current credit problems in the market they may have been advised that their position is becoming shakey. Can't remember the structure of the CDO that was put together for them and what it's market coverage was but when faced with potentially huge losses or a quick £200M profit - I know what I would do!

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posted Sep 13, 2007

MR glazer does not no how to run a business like utd its not his normal field remember the pirates hmmm or has everyone forgotten that he screwwed them up and made the fans plus local people pay for it after he ruined it?? or am i missing something here?
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What are you on about?

They're called the buccaneers! and he bought them for less than $200,000,000and they're now worth nearly a billion, sounds like a good business man to me!

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posted Sep 16, 2007

I wrote an article on here recently which echoes what you are all saying http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A26549292 please have a read and let me know what you think .

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posted Oct 30, 2008

Listen stop worrying! The Glazier's have been great for manu. I can't believe anyone would crib about them. We've had nothing but success. If they move on I for one wish them well. As long as david gill and Sir alex are given free reign then who cares who comes in as long as they have the cash to back up Sir Alex's requests it's fine by me. I worry about FIFA coming in and making it hard for us with a debt, that is easily , manageable and is the same as any other large company, they want the english out of football. FIFA are a bunch of recists, they hate the english teams dominating and the success of the prem and they want to stack the deck against manu, chelsea, arsenal, liverpool et al. Without doubt if I were wishing to buy a football club there's only one to buy and that's manu. it's a no-brainer, absolute banker, the only one that is and much more to come. The Dubai group know that and won't want second best, neither do the chinese,why buy second best when you can buy a winner. Of course these groups are interested, it's flattering! As long as Sir Alex and David Gill say ok and the great squad of players who love the club as much as we fans do aren't unsettled in any way then bring it on. I won't be giving up my 2 seats anytime soon. Time to move on, as long as Alex's dear wife says he can stay as manager, please Mrs ferguson just five more years, then who cares. A personal thanks to the Glaziers and a fond farewell.Let's open up China or Dubai and the Emirates.

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