The Official Manchester United Thread (Vol 11)
Discussion
GTO-3R said:
Plus the stadium and other infrastructure is now creaky and well past its sell by date in comparison to other top clubs. The Glazer's mooted demands for bids of £5bn+ is fantasy land stuff - they're cynically attempting to offload it for a vastly inflated fee during a Ten Haag 'bounce'.Olivera said:
GTO-3R said:
Plus the stadium and other infrastructure is now creaky and well past its sell by date in comparison to other top clubs. The Glazer's mooted demands for bids of £5bn+ is fantasy land stuff - they're cynically attempting to offload it for a vastly inflated fee during a Ten Haag 'bounce'.
Given that the Washington Commanders bidding has gone to £6bn to suggest United is worth less than half that is nonsense given our global fan base and the popularity of premier league around the world.
Building above the railway line would raise capacity at OT to almost 90,000 making it the largest capacity stadium in football. That’s going to cost a lot less than a new stadium. I can see the greedy f
kers taking investment, doing that and holding out for more in a few years.
fking leeches.
Building above the railway line would raise capacity at OT to almost 90,000 making it the largest capacity stadium in football. That’s going to cost a lot less than a new stadium. I can see the greedy f
kers taking investment, doing that and holding out for more in a few years. f
king leeches. Gone a bit AMG said:
Given that the Washington Commanders bidding has gone to £6bn to suggest United is worth less than half that is nonsense given our global fan base and the popularity of premier league around the world.
Building above the railway line would raise capacity at OT to almost 90,000 making it the largest capacity stadium in football. That’s going to cost a lot less than a new stadium. I can see the greedy fkers taking investment, doing that and holding out for more in a few years.
fking leeches.
Difference is that all NFL teams are profitable where as nearly every prem team makes a loss. You're purely buying United for the prestige which makes it a different proposition.Building above the railway line would raise capacity at OT to almost 90,000 making it the largest capacity stadium in football. That’s going to cost a lot less than a new stadium. I can see the greedy f
kers taking investment, doing that and holding out for more in a few years. f
king leeches. Gone a bit AMG said:
Given that the Washington Commanders bidding has gone to £6bn to suggest United is worth less than half that is nonsense given our global fan base and the popularity of premier league around the world.
Building above the railway line would raise capacity at OT to almost 90,000 making it the largest capacity stadium in football. That’s going to cost a lot less than a new stadium. I can see the greedy fkers taking investment, doing that and holding out for more in a few years.
fking leeches.
Buying a business is more than just the figures though. Brand strength and loyalty is huge and that equals excellent revenue making potential. TV audiences are climbing overall and so are advertising revenues. The glazers just see the club as any other business and their job is to maximise returns, they DGAF about what people think and that's made them the success they are today. Building above the railway line would raise capacity at OT to almost 90,000 making it the largest capacity stadium in football. That’s going to cost a lot less than a new stadium. I can see the greedy f
kers taking investment, doing that and holding out for more in a few years. f
king leeches. Frimley111R said:
Buying a business is more than just the figures though. Brand strength and loyalty is huge and that equals excellent revenue making potential. TV audiences are climbing overall and so are advertising revenues.
Revenue for show, profit for pro. 
How much more blood can be squeezed out the stone I wonder. The Glazers did sponsorship deals with anyone out there. Your P&L is going to get hammered if it has to finance infrastructure investment.
This is not a MU specific problme of course.
I cant see how any EPL team is a good investment unless a) cheating FFP rules and sports-washing or b) buying a distressed asset at knock-dwon prices (Liverpool) or c) buying with borrowed money and creaming off a £20m dividend every year (United)
GTO-3R said:
Gone a bit AMG said:
Given that the Washington Commanders bidding has gone to £6bn to suggest United is worth less than half that is nonsense given our global fan base and the popularity of premier league around the world.
Building above the railway line would raise capacity at OT to almost 90,000 making it the largest capacity stadium in football. That’s going to cost a lot less than a new stadium. I can see the greedy fkers taking investment, doing that and holding out for more in a few years.
fking leeches.
Difference is that all NFL teams are profitable where as nearly every prem team makes a loss. You're purely buying United for the prestige which makes it a different proposition.Building above the railway line would raise capacity at OT to almost 90,000 making it the largest capacity stadium in football. That’s going to cost a lot less than a new stadium. I can see the greedy f
kers taking investment, doing that and holding out for more in a few years. f
king leeches. The potential for United revenues are huge given the club fanbase, but the the amount of investment needed into the stadium and training ground is staggering. Also Chelsea went for 4.25 Billion, so you can see why the Glazers think 6 is achievable.
Will be interesting to see what the offers are from the bidding parties. Both have indicated they wont over pay.
Challo said:
GTO-3R said:
Gone a bit AMG said:
Given that the Washington Commanders bidding has gone to £6bn to suggest United is worth less than half that is nonsense given our global fan base and the popularity of premier league around the world.
Building above the railway line would raise capacity at OT to almost 90,000 making it the largest capacity stadium in football. That’s going to cost a lot less than a new stadium. I can see the greedy fkers taking investment, doing that and holding out for more in a few years.
fking leeches.
Difference is that all NFL teams are profitable where as nearly every prem team makes a loss. You're purely buying United for the prestige which makes it a different proposition.Building above the railway line would raise capacity at OT to almost 90,000 making it the largest capacity stadium in football. That’s going to cost a lot less than a new stadium. I can see the greedy f
kers taking investment, doing that and holding out for more in a few years. f
king leeches. The potential for United revenues are huge given the club fanbase, but the the amount of investment needed into the stadium and training ground is staggering. Also Chelsea went for 4.25 Billion, so you can see why the Glazers think 6 is achievable.
Will be interesting to see what the offers are from the bidding parties. Both have indicated they wont over pay.
If RG had said £5Bn then that's what they would have asked.
Olivera said:
GTO-3R said:
Plus the stadium and other infrastructure is now creaky and well past its sell by date in comparison to other top clubs. The Glazer's mooted demands for bids of £5bn+ is fantasy land stuff - they're cynically attempting to offload it for a vastly inflated fee during a Ten Haag 'bounce'.As a business decision, that doesn't seem too shabby to me.
When club fans see money coming into their club, it's always a mistake to think it's the goodness of the hearts of those buying it driving their decision. These are businesses. If you don't like it, stop paying the Sky subs, stop paying for tickets, stop buying the merch...go and support a club owned by a fan.
Very few will. The bandwagon will keep rolling. Fans will keep on getting milked
and31 said:
franki68 said:
G-wiz said:
Good result for us today, to start the Premiership weekend.
I am more worried about city doing the treble than liverpool catching us so not for me.Me too
LF5335 said:
and31 said:
franki68 said:
G-wiz said:
Good result for us today, to start the Premiership weekend.
I am more worried about city doing the treble than liverpool catching us so not for me.Me too
tes coming out the woodwork if they win it…..and31 said:
If they win the league it’s a very good chance they could win next year and have three on the trot-we simply can’t have that.-I’d rather put up with the Arsenal gobstes coming out the woodwork if they win it…..
Eh? This year would be three on the trot, next year would be four. tes coming out the woodwork if they win it…..Gassing Station | Football | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff