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David T
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Posted: 12th May 2005 23:36
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The American tycoon Malcolm Glazer has finally got his dirty hands on Manchester United.

It's sad that these days it's legal that you can borrow £800m, buy a business with and and then transfer ALL that debt to the business - in effect getting it for free.

I hope the cluib managed to survive through this but to take a succesful, debt-free business like United and laden it with £08.bn of debt seems plain wrong.

On similar business, anybody heard about the young Nigerian player United signed that's been 'kidnapped' by Chelsea agents?

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Posted: 12th May 2005 23:42
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I was kidnapped by Chelsea agents (or was that by GummiBears)

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Van B
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Posted: 13th May 2005 00:03
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Hehe, now English football is ruled by the Russian mafia and fat-cat Americans - I bet you wish your football teams sucked as much as ours now!.


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David T
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Posted: 13th May 2005 00:08
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Hehe, although it is nice having a bit of Champions league on TV during the week. You know the feeling- oh wait... j/k

Who do you support Van?

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Raven
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Posted: 13th May 2005 00:19
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haha... jokes on you, I support the Wasps who suck twice as bad as any SP team!
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Van B
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Posted: 13th May 2005 00:46
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Raith Rovers, local team - beat Celtic to win the Coca-Cola cup, which was about the highlight.


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Avan Madisen
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Posted: 13th May 2005 00:56
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This kinda thing makes me glad I'm not a football supporter.

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So it's Monster Trucks at half-time and Added-Time Multiball at Man U then

(If you've seen the Budweiser advert it will all make sense)

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David R
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Ha ha! Another needle in the eye for Man U - that's just what Everton need! (espeically after that 7-0 match, but who cares? Were in the champions league anyway!)

Quote: "(If you've seen the Budweiser advert it will all make sense)"


Oh yeah!


(I just love that guys accent wehn he says 'multi-ball' - "Mull-tie-ball")

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Posted: 13th May 2005 02:25
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heh... ^_^ cheerleaders, don't forget them.
some teams already have them; just a shame damn Fergi thinks it 'cheapens' football
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Out of curiosity, what makes people think he'll do a worse job managing it than the previous owner(s)?

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Quote: "Ha ha! Another needle in the eye for Man U - that's just what Everton need! (espeically after that 7-0 match, but who cares? Were in the champions league anyway!)"


Just wait 'til you get Ac Milan

Quote: "Out of curiosity, what makes people think he'll do a worse job managing it than the previous owner(s)?"


He's borrowed £800 million to buy it, nad one he has hold of Man U he'll transfer all the debt onto their books, not his. Turning a debt-free club into ont DEEP in debt.

All profits will gop to repayments and to Glazer instead to the club funds for stadium improvements, transfers and the like.

I don't think Glazer'll have anything to do with managing the club. He'll just cripple it.

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Derby County i tell you!

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Nah The mighty Stennie all the way

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Quote: "On similar business, anybody heard about the young Nigerian player United signed that's been 'kidnapped' by Chelsea agents?"


No, but CHELSEA GIVE US BACK DROGBA!!!!!! (I live in Marseille! )

Sorry for my English...
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If I remember rightly United were the richest sport club in the world (about £1bn isn't it? or about $2bn), not just football. This will probably make them the poorest with massive debt. What a swing.

Who'd have thought we would rather have the russians (Chelsea aren't exactly crying).

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Quote: "Chelsea aren't exactly crying"


I hope they will be once Abromavich get arrested for money laundering and leaves them with the wage bill

Quote: "If I remember rightly United were the richest sport club in the world (about £1bn isn't it? or about $2bn), not just football. This will probably make them the poorest with massive debt. What a swing. "


I don't know how it'll affect us. Hopefully all this debt will be laid on over the long term so ther's no instant deterioration but who knows.

I can't believe he's actually thinking it's going to work. This has got "financial disaster" written all over it, and Glazer will get away scot free.

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Posted: 13th May 2005 06:59
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Probably turn it into UnitedLand(TM).

Is it just me who likes the idea of added-time multiball? And don't ya just love how they say MiddlesBRO. Arf.

Oh and watch saturday games abroad (we 99% of the time cannot unless we go to the stadium). Saw it a few times when I worked in Dubai. It is most funny as ESPN cover it with american commentators. And it sounds almost as bad as that advert. "Yeah Bob, once Manchester start opening up with the big guns in the second period we should see some fireworks". Laughed my t*ts off so much that it didn't hurt so much when we lost. Still, it was Saturday football. In a pub. In lovely weather. With a patio window showing the gym area outside pool that always was full of air hostesses (I worked for Emirates airlines). *Really* good hostesses too... God that place was heaven on a saturday.... WTF am I doing back here working in bloody Slough (watch the Office)..... Crying now

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Quote: "I don't think Glazer'll have anything to do with managing the club. He'll just cripple it."


I don't understand where this theory comes from. Glazer didn't make his money by ploughing it into doomed projects. Glazer can only make money one way - by making the company a success.

Yes, I agree, to him it's a business interest, rather than a love of the club. But he still has to make it work.

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Posted: 13th May 2005 17:52
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Although I think he won't be able to make it work - by putting up ticket prices and other merchandise as part of trying to recoup some of this debt he'll see a sharp drop of profits as fans start to boycott the club (some are already buring season ticket renewal forms).

If he does suffer a bug enogh drop in profits he'll be left with a large loan, decreasing source of revenue, and a bunch of good players he can sell .

IF on the other hand he can somehow manage to pay off the loan and make sure it has no impact on the day to day running of the club and transfer budgets then good on him. However his reputation in the US is for ticket-price rising and merchandise price rises.

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