Manchester City to merge with United?

[NailedOn]

Today' Independent reports that the Chinese club that Anelka has signed for is one formed out the merger of two others. It turns out the billionaire owner of Shanghai Shenhua enraged supporters of both Shenhua and Shanghai United by merging them!
Could this be about to happen in the Premier League?
Sheikh Mansour who owns Manchester City has an estimated personal net worth of £17 billion. Manchester United are owned by the Glazer family who have loaded the club with debt, extracted large fees for themselves and are looking to float the club in Asia.

City have all the money and most of the players. Of the United team, only Rooney and perhaps Vidic would get a regular place in the City XI. But United have the history and purportedly 300m supporters around the world. They have the brand.

A merger would be a colossus to challenge Barcelona, Real Madrid and the best of the world. But would anyone support them?

I have supported United all my life but Manchester XXXXX (Rovers/Athletic/whatever..)?

[Audi 525i]

If the Manchester clubs merge I will personally give the Pope a boner the next time he visits the UK.

[Oily Nails]

Audi 525i said:

If the Manchester clubs merge I will personally give the Pope a boner the next time he visits the UK.

I didn't think we let pre-teens on here........

[SC7]

It will never, ever, ever happen.

If it did, I would castrate myself with a Victorinox and feed my severed teds to hungry pigeons.

[Chicharito]

Audi 525i said:

If the Manchester clubs merge I will personally give the Pope a boner the next time he visits the UK.

That just made me think of this:

[Black can man]

you would on the other hand have a very strong team

just trying to think of what you would be called

[NailedOn]

Black can man said:

you would on the other hand have a very strong team

just trying to think of what you would be called

I'm only speculating here, of course. But if you brought the legendary MUFC and the allegedly "massive" City together they would have to have a name that embraced their new unity. I am thinking here of....





Manchester United !

[U T]

I can just imagine Man Utd fans in the negotiations!

We'll take the first word of your name...Manchester...and the second word of our name...United.

Seriously, merging the 2 clubs is a non starter, but I do think in the UK we have a ludicrous attachement to stadiums. It's only a bit of grass surrounded by seats. On the continent rivals who loathe each other (Inter & AC, Roma & Lazio) quite happily share a ground.

This should be a model for the Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield and Bristol clubs.

[Chicharito]

U T said:

I can just imagine Man Utd fans in the negotiations!

We'll take the first word of your name...Manchester...and the second word of our name...United.

Seriously, merging the 2 clubs is a non starter, but I do think in the UK we have a ludicrous attachement to stadiums. It's only a bit of grass surrounded by seats. On the continent rivals who loathe each other (Inter & AC, Roma & Lazio) quite happily share a ground.

This should be a model for the Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield and Bristol clubs.

Rubbish.

Mind you, if you're a Johnny Come Lately who supports someone playing in a modern stadium I can almost understand it.

But I don't think you'd find too many United fans who'll agree - and Arsenal fans are still very split over the move to the Emirates.

[Uhura fighter]

Audi 525i said:

If the Manchester clubs merge I will personally give the Pope a boner the next time he visits the UK.

You are a worry. Did the boss take his bumming like a man last week?


(I don't want know)

[MaxAndRuby]

SC7 said:

If it did, I would castrate myself with a Victorinox and feed my severed teds to hungry pigeons.

[anonymous-user]

U T said:

I can just imagine Man Utd fans in the negotiations!

We'll take the first word of your name...Manchester...and the second word of our name...United.

Seriously, merging the 2 clubs is a non starter, but I do think in the UK we have a ludicrous attachement to stadiums. It's only a bit of grass surrounded by seats. On the continent rivals who loathe each other (Inter & AC, Roma & Lazio) quite happily share a ground.

This should be a model for the Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield and Bristol clubs.

thats because many clubs in italy dont own the stadiums they play in, its the local council. in England, the clubs own the stadia.

As for your other idea, you can go poke yourself. Bristol Rovers had a stadium but couldnt run it at a profit, sold it and so they sloped off to squat in Bath before their current agreement squatting with the rugby club. if their collosal 5000 supporters have an issue with that then booo fking hoo. they are planning to bulid a new one with UWE in South Gloucestershire soon thus proving once and for all that there is indeed only one club in Bristol

Football grounds have names like "old trafford", "anfield" and "craven cottage", not "the emirates", "the etihad stadium" or "sports fking direct dot fking com @ st fking james fking park"

[MadMullah]

personally i think cities like sheffield, nottingham, bristol would benefit from a merger.

[Jw Vw]

Audi 525i said:

If the Manchester clubs merge I will personally give the Pope a boner the next time he visits the UK.

[Victor McDade]

Would never happen. Why pay hundreds of millions for a club then kill off its most important asset, its brand.

Would not be surprised though to see Mansour hedge his bets and buy another club outright. If the rules don't allow it then he'll just buy it via proxy.

Double your chance of winning the league, double your chance of winning in europe.

[Ganglandboss]

I've heard Sheikh Mansour is after buying the rags as a feeder club for City.

[Wacky Racer]

Ganglandboss said:

I've heard Sheikh Mansour is after buying the rags as a feeder club for City.

Yeah, I heard that too..., apparantly he's going to demolish Old Trafford to make a runway for his private jets.....

[dickymint]

pablo said:

U T said:

I can just imagine Man Utd fans in the negotiations!

We'll take the first word of your name...Manchester...and the second word of our name...United.

Seriously, merging the 2 clubs is a non starter, but I do think in the UK we have a ludicrous attachement to stadiums. It's only a bit of grass surrounded by seats. On the continent rivals who loathe each other (Inter & AC, Roma & Lazio) quite happily share a ground.

This should be a model for the Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield and Bristol clubs.

thats because many clubs in italy dont own the stadiums they play in, its the local council. in England, the clubs own the stadia.

As for your other idea, you can go poke yourself. Bristol Rovers had a stadium but couldnt run it at a profit, sold it and so they sloped off to squat in Bath before their current agreement squatting with the rugby club. if their collosal 5000 supporters have an issue with that then booo fking hoo. they are planning to bulid a new one with UWE in South Gloucestershire soon thus proving once and for all that there is indeed only one club in Bristol

Football grounds have names like "old trafford", "anfield" and "craven cottage", not "the emirates", "the etihad stadium" or "sports fking direct dot fking com @ st fking james fking park"

Bit like Man sty then.


It's a Council House!

[STHi]

Ganglandboss said:

I've heard Sheikh Mansour is after buying the rags as a feeder club for City.

Wacky Racer said:

Yeah, I heard that too..., apparantly he's going to demolish Old Trafford to make a runway for his private jets.....

Can anyone spot the Bitters on this thread?