Saudi want to buy Man United

comment by Redinthehead - FreeGaza - فلسطين (U1860)
posted 3 minutes ago
Say they did buy the club and wanted to rid the emblem of a devil, but would fund the purchase of neymar and VVD.. what would be the reaction from man u fans?


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Well that wouldn't happen obviously. Why get rid of the emblem that is synonymous with United. Makes no sense.

Aside from the point that they couldn't just come in and buy Neymar and VVD. I highly doubt the finances would add up.

comment by MBL. (U6305)
posted 46 minutes ago
comment by Eric_the_king (SE85) (U21241)
posted 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
comment by Hulk's little brother Yoda (U1250)
posted 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
comment by Kung Fu Cantona 🙏🏼 🇵🇸 (U18082)
posted 18 minutes ago
Saudi have spoken up and have said the story is bollox and that meetings with the club are about sponsorship.
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Regardless, Eric will be fuming
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Fuming that it looks to be a load of nonsense ??? Please explain that one to me. Intrigued how I'd be fuming about that.
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Happy to take sponsorship money off them Erik, so moral so much fortitude.


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Are you making stuff up again Loz? You are aren't you? I'm not happy with that deal at all. I'd love it if we terminated all ties with them. We don't need Human Rights Abusers money like you lot do.

comment by Redinthehead - FreeGaza - فلسطين (U1860)
posted 30 minutes ago

Say they did buy the club and wanted to rid the emblem of a devil, but would fund the purchase of neymar and VVD.. what would be the reaction from man u fans?
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All 3 things are ridiculously unlikely. And irrelevant to be honest. I think that a large majority of United fans would be upset. I reckon a lot would look at supporting other teams or just losing interest in football.

comment by Redinthehead - FreeGaza - فلسطين (U1860)
posted 41 minutes ago
comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 31 minutes ago
“If this rumoured takeover goes ahead, Saudi Arabia has a band of 400m proxy supporters overnight”

I don’t think it works like that.
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It does.

As the man city fans defending the UAE re Bridges shows. Sod all to do with football, far removed from their lives but because it is the owners of Man city involved it provokes blind support from the Man City fanbase.
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It isn't the owners of us involved though, we don't have owners for a start. To flip that particular case around though, the point most City fans were making to Ronay is it has nothing to do with them - nor him and his blind support of the initial stance around Bridges (as that article was written very prematurely) was an example of that blind partisanship flipped 180 degrees.

The only thing it does is raise awareness in general, which can then be used for good or bad. As I said earlier though, most people are capable of rational thought.

comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by Redinthehead - FreeGaza - فلسطين (U1860)
posted 30 minutes ago

Say they did buy the club and wanted to rid the emblem of a devil, but would fund the purchase of neymar and VVD.. what would be the reaction from man u fans?
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All 3 things are ridiculously unlikely. And irrelevant to be honest. I think that a large majority of United fans would be upset. I reckon a lot would look at supporting other teams or just losing interest in football.
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I think this too. The scenarios between City and United are different in themselves. They had been starved of success for a long time and, although it's a cliché now say it, won the lottery.

It's not about us taking some kind of moral high ground over other football fans. City gained something huge when UAE took over. All clubs lost something with the commercialisation of the game (something which United helped to pioneer), but I feel any hypothetical takeover from the Saudis will be the final straw for me.

What am I making up Erik, you don’t have a deal with the Saudis?

comment by MBL. (U6305)
posted 4 hours, 25 minutes ago
comment by Eric_the_king (SE85) (U21241)
posted 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
comment by Hulk's little brother Yoda (U1250)
posted 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
comment by Kung Fu Cantona 🙏🏼 🇵🇸 (U18082)
posted 18 minutes ago
Saudi have spoken up and have said the story is bollox and that meetings with the club are about sponsorship.
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Regardless, Eric will be fuming
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Fuming that it looks to be a load of nonsense ??? Please explain that one to me. Intrigued how I'd be fuming about that.
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Happy to take sponsorship money off them Erik, so moral so much fortitude.


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Exactly that

comment by Hulk's little brother Yoda (U1250)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by MBL. (U6305)
posted 4 hours, 25 minutes ago
comment by Eric_the_king (SE85) (U21241)
posted 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
comment by Hulk's little brother Yoda (U1250)
posted 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
comment by Kung Fu Cantona 🙏🏼 🇵🇸 (U18082)
posted 18 minutes ago
Saudi have spoken up and have said the story is bollox and that meetings with the club are about sponsorship.
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Regardless, Eric will be fuming
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Fuming that it looks to be a load of nonsense ??? Please explain that one to me. Intrigued how I'd be fuming about that.
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Happy to take sponsorship money off them Erik, so moral so much fortitude.


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Exactly that
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But Erik says he’s very unhappy about it, so all’s good.

comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 3 hours, 30 minutes ago
comment by Redinthehead - FreeGaza - فلسطين (U1860)
posted 41 minutes ago
comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 31 minutes ago
“If this rumoured takeover goes ahead, Saudi Arabia has a band of 400m proxy supporters overnight”

I don’t think it works like that.
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It does.

As the man city fans defending the UAE re Bridges shows. Sod all to do with football, far removed from their lives but because it is the owners of Man city involved it provokes blind support from the Man City fanbase.
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It isn't the owners of us involved though, we don't have owners for a start. To flip that particular case around though, the point most City fans were making to Ronay is it has nothing to do with them - nor him and his blind support of the initial stance around Bridges (as that article was written very prematurely) was an example of that blind partisanship flipped 180 degrees.

The only thing it does is raise awareness in general, which can then be used for good or bad. As I said earlier though, most people are capable of rational thought.

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You don't have owners? wtf

yes you do and they're a gaggle of despots from the middle east.

comment by Redinthehead - FreeGaza - فلسطين (U1860)
posted 2 hours, 3 minutes ago
comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 3 hours, 30 minutes ago
comment by Redinthehead - FreeGaza - فلسطين (U1860)
posted 41 minutes ago
comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 31 minutes ago
“If this rumoured takeover goes ahead, Saudi Arabia has a band of 400m proxy supporters overnight”

I don’t think it works like that.
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It does.

As the man city fans defending the UAE re Bridges shows. Sod all to do with football, far removed from their lives but because it is the owners of Man city involved it provokes blind support from the Man City fanbase.
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It isn't the owners of us involved though, we don't have owners for a start. To flip that particular case around though, the point most City fans were making to Ronay is it has nothing to do with them - nor him and his blind support of the initial stance around Bridges (as that article was written very prematurely) was an example of that blind partisanship flipped 180 degrees.

The only thing it does is raise awareness in general, which can then be used for good or bad. As I said earlier though, most people are capable of rational thought.

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You don't have owners? wtf

yes you do and they're a gaggle of despots from the middle east.
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As in plural, we have a single owner. You’re just proving the point even more though.