Preezy wrote:Moggy wrote:Football will never be fair and there's too much money and prestige for it to ever be truly equal.
Evil regimes, or people tied to evil regimes, shouldn't be allowed to buy clubs. But I'm not sure an American billionaire gives more of a gooseberry fool about local communities than a country that buys a club.
Yeah that's probably true.
It's completely true. No one wants the sportwashing but the reality is is that the only people who can afford to buy a club like United and actually pay the debt and invest in the infrastructure is an oil rich billionaire. Personally id rather he gets it (it's looking like he will now) than Ratcliffe who cannot actually afford it off his own back and so is essentially a slightly more palatable form of the Glazers with his percentages and share options.
I want an owner to pay the debt, invest in the club and then let it go back to doing what it did better than anyone before the debt strangled it. Namely pay for itself with its massive appeal and marketability. We've got a good coach and a promising squad that with the right handling and investment can start challenging again.
Other people can wring their hands about the ethics. The reality is that that is how the football world operates.
Manchester is currently the centre of the footballing world. Certainly in Europe. But thats skewed heavily in the Blue half. About time we got back to a level playing field with our Noisy neighbours. That could still take a considerable amount of time, though.
Without cooking the books like we know they have been doing all this time.
Lineker said United and the two Spanish giants are the three biggest clubs in the world. He's not wrong. Its about time we started steering back towards that. We cant do that without the investment that city have had and Newcastle are now enjoying.
Of course United being United. The sale will drag on and on and we wont have bought who we wanted or needed by kickoff time.