UNITED'S future thrown into doubt after club's bigwig said..
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MANCHESTER UNITED'S future has been thrown into doubt after a club bigwig said the Glazers WILL sell up.
Old Trafford non-executive director Mike Edelson revealed: "It's no secret that, at some time, the family will sell." And that has now opened the door for the Qatar royal family, headed by Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who have targeted United in a £1.5billion deal.
Edelson's comment is the first clear indicator the Glazers will listen to offers for United, which they have plunged into debt. Having bought the Premier League giants for £790million 5½ years ago, the Yanks now stand to DOUBLE their money.
GLAZER ... paid off £252m of debts recentlySources in the City are convinced the Glazers are ready to sell after they paid off £252m of the £752m of debt they saddled the club with.
One top city source said: "The belief is that they have already brought in extra finance from a third party in a bid to set the club up for a sale."
A Middle East football finance expert, meanwhile, told SunSport that Qatar Holdings - the business arm of the country's royal family - have been hovering around United waiting to strike.
The source said: "They have made tentative moves before with little success but this time it looks like they could be going for it.
"Now they have landed the 2022 World Cup, the country wants to expand its influence in the game across the globe."
United board member Edelson has been a close confidant of the Glazers since they took over the club in 2005.
He made his shock revelation in a Q&A session at the Maccabi Sports Club in Prestwich, Manchester.
Qatar's royal family has an estimated £40bn of assets and, last week, became the first sponsor of Barcelona's team shirts in a £125m deal.
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isnt it a good sign the glazers are selling?
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Originally posted by dragg:
isnt it a good sign the glazers are selling?
But to be owned by a Sheik? I think I'd rather stick to the Yankees. You wouldn't know if the "Portsmouth fake Sheikh" strikes twice.
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if they could provide funds like city's owners... then
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Not necessary so, sometimes people don't realised the good until it's gone... Their style of non interference and leaving the important decisions to the real football people has been very good for the club.
A new owner who wants a hands-on on every matter regarding the club or start building up close relationship with star players might create more problems than good... As such, players who feels they have a special relationship with the owner will start to disregard the manager or the CEO like in the case of Terry, or more recently Tevez... who bypass the CEO and went straight to the owner's 'special assistant'...
Such actions can't be good for the manager cos he gets undermine and he probably will have to always think twice about not starting him or using him as a sub only apart from considering the whole team's gameplan... Remember Shevchenko? Because he was a good friend of the owner, he has to play while better performing players like Drogba have to make way when he first arrived... Or Terry, Lampard going behind Scolari's back and straight to Roman... This kind of stuff are not good for the whole team cos it leave the manager weak to do the things he wants to do...
Personally, I am one of those who is happy with the way the Glazers have been running the club... A non interference style... But of course, there could be better owners out there but sometimes, be careful what you wish for, cos it may just turn out to be worse ones...
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I belief Qatar is going to go real big in football in the next decade cos they have just won the bid for the WC and willing to pay big money for Barce's shirt sponsorship... So which ever club they buy, I belief they will spend big too... Just relief they didn't buy Liverpool... lol.
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Originally posted by zocoss:
Not necessary so, sometimes people don't realised the good until it's gone... Their style of non interference and leaving the important decisions to the real football people has been very good for the club.
A new owner who wants a hands-on on every matter regarding the club or start building up close relationship with star players might create more problems than good... As such, players who feels they have a special relationship with the owner will start to disregard the manager or the CEO like in the case of Terry, or more recently Tevez... who bypass the CEO and went straight to the owner's 'special assistant'...
Such actions can't be good for the manager cos he gets undermine and he probably will have to always think twice about not starting him or using him as a sub only apart from considering the whole team's gameplan... Remember Shevchenko? Because he was a good friend of the owner, he has to play while better performing players like Drogba have to make way when he first arrived... Or Terry, Lampard going behind Scolari's back and straight to Roman... This kind of stuff are not good for the whole team cos it leave the manager weak to do the things he wants to do...
Personally, I am one of those who is happy with the way the Glazers have been running the club... A non interference style... But of course, there could be better owners out there but sometimes, be careful what you wish for, cos it may just turn out to be worse ones...
true true... if only the glazers had the cash like the shiekhs
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A shiekh also buy Poursmouth, see where they end up?
Fans better hope ManU don't end up like one!
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why no sheik or yankees bother buying another sleeping giant, Leeds?
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Leeds is really gone liao. So are other well-known clubs that became "history".
Middle-east elites are not dumb leh. They got enough capital to let kids fail & try till they fully grasp sound-business mindsets.
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Originally posted by zocoss:
Not necessary so, sometimes people don't realised the good until it's gone... Their style of non interference and leaving the important decisions to the real football people has been very good for the club.
A new owner who wants a hands-on on every matter regarding the club or start building up close relationship with star players might create more problems than good... As such, players who feels they have a special relationship with the owner will start to disregard the manager or the CEO like in the case of Terry, or more recently Tevez... who bypass the CEO and went straight to the owner's 'special assistant'...
Such actions can't be good for the manager cos he gets undermine and he probably will have to always think twice about not starting him or using him as a sub only apart from considering the whole team's gameplan... Remember Shevchenko? Because he was a good friend of the owner, he has to play while better performing players like Drogba have to make way when he first arrived... Or Terry, Lampard going behind Scolari's back and straight to Roman... This kind of stuff are not good for the whole team cos it leave the manager weak to do the things he wants to do...
Personally, I am one of those who is happy with the way the Glazers have been running the club... A non interference style... But of course, there could be better owners out there but sometimes, be careful what you wish for, cos it may just turn out to be worse ones...
in a way, this is true. it is particularly worrying when we all know SAF is retiring soon.
if SAF is still here, these problems u mentioned may be kept to a minimum, but once a new manager is in, this may creates some unnecessary stuffs.