Het knoepertgrote Manchester United topic #2

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Op vrijdag 13 mei 2005 14:58 schreef zjroentje het volgende:
Fuck Preston. Glory glory Man. United

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Nigeriaan had toch liever naar Chelsea gegaan

13/5/2005 14:49

Het getouwtrek tussen Manchester United en Chelsea om John Obi Mikel is nog niet voorbij. De achttienjarige Nigeriaan van SFK Lyn tekende twee weken geleden voor ManU maar had eigenlijk liever naar Chelsea gegaan, zo blijkt nu.

'Ik heb niet eigen vrije wil getekend bij Manchester United', bekende de gewilde middenvelder aan de BBC. 'Ik ben zwaar onder druk gezet om dat te doen. Ik kon geen advies inwinnen bij mijn zaakwaarnemer of bij mensen die ik vertrouw. Bovendien kreeg ik weinig tijd om erover na te denken.'

Bij zijn Noorse werkgever kwam hij inmiddels niet meer opdagen. Man United-manager Alex Ferguson zegde daarom een spoedreis af om Mikel alsnog voor zich te winnen. De veelbesproken speler zit nu in Londen. 'Maar ik heb geen contact met Chelsea gehad. Ik zit alleen met mijn zaakwaarnemer in een hotel.'

Man United hoopt ondanks Mikels woorden nog altijd dat het komend seizoen op hem kan rekenen. 'Wij hebben alles volgens de regels gedaan', verkondigde algemeen directeur David Gill. 'We hebben recht op deze speler.' Maar ook Chelsea aast nog op Mikel.

Manchester United wil nu dat het bestuur van de Premier League bemiddelt. Zelfs een gang naar de FIFA sluit de club niet uit.

bron www.vi.nl

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Ik doelde eigenlijk meer op een overname, Londen is een stad die huisvesting biedt aan nogal wat miljardairs die elkaar op allerlei gebieden naar de kroon willen steken, een concurrentie in voetbal lijkt mij dan ook niet onmogelijk, maar misschien zijnd e Spurs een betere gegadigde en Fulham neemt toch afscheid van Al Fayed?

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Fans keep battling against Glazer

US tycoon Malcolm Glazer is expected to spend the weekend mopping up the final few shares to seal a complete £790m ($1.5bn) takeover of Manchester United.

Mr Glazer, who also owns American football team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, secured 74.81% by Friday, but needs 75% to take United into private ownership.Angry fans were expected to demonstrate at Sunday's match at Southampton.One called Mr Glazer "thick skinned" for trying to take over a club where 93% of supporters were against him. But Mr Glazer's son Joel - who is expected to take charge of running the club - said the family wanted to ensure Manchester United continued to develop and "achieve even greater success".

"Our intention is to work with the current management, players and fans," he said, hinting that they wanted United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and chief executive David Gill to stay. A London Stock Exchange spokeswoman said it was possible shares in the club could be traded over the weekend, but she said it would not be reported to the market until Monday.

Fierce resistance

Mr Glazer has already bought the 28.7% stake of Irish racing tycoons JP McManus and John Magnier. The sports tycoon plans to borrow £265m to fund the deal, set against the club's assets.
He will raise another £275m by issuing securities but this debt will not be held against the club's assets. He will use £272m of his own cash, in the form of United equity already owned by him. Joel Glazer said: "We are delighted to make this offer to acquire one of the pre-eminent football clubs in the world.

"We are long-term sports investors and avid Manchester United fans."The club said it would wait for the "full facts" to become available before advising shareholders whether to accept the offer.The buyout is still facing fierce resistance from United fans, who hope to put a stop to it.Supporters already own an estimated 18% of the club and have tried to secure financial backing from Japanese bank Nomura to buy more shares to block his attempt to delist the club.They have also threatened to boycott the club's money-spinning merchandise machine.Sean Bones, of Shareholders United said: "What we have to do is affect revenue streams."He added that Mr Glazer was "a thick-skinned guy to try and take over a club where 93% of the customers, the supporters of the club, are against him".

They fear that under Mr Glazer's ownership ticket prices will soar, the club will be saddled with huge debts and deprived of funds to buy players. Once Mr Glazer has raised his holding to 75% or more, he can rewrite the company's articles - effectively giving him carte blanche to run the company as he wants. If he can get 90% of the stock, he can make a compulsory purchase and scoop up the other 10% of the club's shares. The government said it had urged Mr Glazer to hold talks with fans, the Football Association, and the club.

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TIMELINE OF A TAKEOVER
March 2003 - Glazer buys 2.9% stake in club
March 2004 - Glazer says he has "no current intention" of making a bid
June 2004 - Glazer's stake in club nears 20%
October 2004 - United confirms bid approach from Glazer, as his stake nears 30%
November 2004 - Glazer ousts three directors from United's board
December 2004 -Glazer makes revised bid
February 2005 - He makes new bid approach, valuing United at £800m, the club later opens its books to the tycoon
14 April 2005 - Glazer moots £800m bid for club
28 April 2005 - Takeover Panel sets 17 May deadline for Glazer to announce whether he intends to buy United
12 May 2005 - Glazer launches formal takeover bid for United after upping his stake in the club to almost 57%

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What will be the Glazer effect?
By Phil McNulty
Chief football writer

Manchester United fans awoke on Friday the 13th to confront what they always feared would be the nightmare scenario at "The Theatre of Dreams".It is the spectre, in financial terms, of ageing American tycoon Malcolm Glazer standing at the gates of Old Trafford. Glazer has become a reviled figure at Manchester United without ever setting foot inside the ground. He is seen as an outsider from across the Atlantic who will take Manchester United away from the people and into the hands of market forces.But the 76-year-old has simply refused to go away despite the protests - and whether United's fans like it or not, he is about to become their paymaster.So what are the implications for Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson and the club's supporters?

SIR ALEX FERGUSON'S FUTURE?

Ferguson has been against Glazer's takeover and has backed United fans in their opposition - he is as loyal to them as they are to him. He will want assurances about his own position, and how Glazer's arrival will impact on his firepower in the transfer market. Glazer, for all his distance from Old Trafford, will know Ferguson retains massive popularity and will not want to further fire up the wrath of his new customers by unseating a legend almost immediately after winning control. Talk of a new five-year contract for Ferguson may be wide of the mark, but initially Glazer's arrival may even strengthen his position. The great unknown is Ferguson's own reaction.Ferguson's footballing senses are fine-tuned to perfection, and if he feels Glazer will be an adversary, or will damage United, he may take matters into his own hands. An intriguing time is in prospect.

ARE MANCHESTER UNITED IN CRISIS?

It is currently a crisis caused by nothing more than uncertainty.There is no proof yet that Glazer's takeover would be bad for Manchester United, other than it takes the club's ownership out of English hands. Much has been said about United's "heart and soul" being ripped out, but Old Trafford was opened up to market forces went it went public 14 years ago - the start of a period of spectacular success.
"Not for sale" is the great rallying call for Old Trafford's faithful, but in reality almost everything at Manchester United has been for sale since that day. A hollow cry from this mega-rich and mega-marketable club.

If Glazer, as his thousands of detractors insist, is purely in it for the money, then he is highly unlikely to adopt policies that would ruin a club that became the most profitable in the world into the ground. If Manchester United's level of success goes down, so does the value of Glazer's investment. But Glazer in no benefactor in the mould of Roman Abramovich. He is a businessman who will want a return on his investment - an investment that will plunge him deep into debt. Until Glazer states his intentions, the air of uncertainty - and the protests - will continue.

BIG BUCKS FOR TRANSFERS?

Ferguson will reportedly be handed a constant £20m-a-year transfer fund. Sounds good when you say it, but not so clever in practice. This amount of cash would be heaven-sent for almost every other club, but when new champions Chelsea have an owner who might find £20m down the back of his settee, Glazer will hardly cool the rage of United's fans with this sort of talk. No more - indeed possibly less - generous than the current regime and about the same transfer kitty on offer at newly-promoted Wigan Athletic.

GLAZER PRICE INCREASES?

Glazer's investment will need to be recouped somewhere - fans fear prices will be hiked up almost as high as his trousers, whether it is season tickets or car park spaces. It may make Glazer unpopular, but it seems clear he is not bothered about winning any contests there. United have kept ticket prices down, although they recently caused a stir by raising some season tickets by 27%. You can be sure Glazer will be looking for more, although perhaps not instantly.
And while thousands of United fans say they will stay away, Glazer will be confident their places will be taken by others only too happy to buy into the worldwide brand.

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Rooney betrokken bij auto-ongeluk

Wayne Rooney is betrokken geweest bij een auto-ongeluk. De 19-jarige speler van Manchester United kwam er met de schrik vanaf, maar moet wel voor de rechter verschijnen. Rooney wordt verantwoordelijk gesteld voor het ongeluk.
Een 45-jarige vrouw die in de aangereden auto zat, moest met nekklachten worden opgenomen in het ziekenhuis. Wonderboy moet daarom binnenkort voor de rechter verschijnen, zo meldt BBC.com.

Hij kreeg al een fikse boete van 3500 euro en een tijdelijk verbod om te autorijden. Een woordvoerdster van de politie meldt: "Een BMW X5 had een aanrijding met een Nissan Primera. De 19-jarige bestuurder van de BMW wordt verantwoordelijk gehouden voor het ongeluk wegens rijden zonder aandacht en concentratie."

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Op zaterdag 14 mei 2005 12:29 schreef Grrrrrrrr het volgende:
Wel benieuwd wat die Glazer gaat doen met de club...

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Op zaterdag 14 mei 2005 17:39 schreef the_legend_killer het volgende:

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ik eerst een beetje geld erin duwen en dan winst willen maken

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Op zaterdag 14 mei 2005 18:18 schreef Hathor het volgende:

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Welk geld ? Hij moet een lening afsluiten om de koop rond te krijgen, met andere woorden...hij heeft helemaal geen geld. Mij is het wel duidelijk, hij gaat ManU als een spons uitknijpen, en als de laatste druppel eruit is, laat ie ze vallen als een baksteen. Wat kan je anders verwachten van Amerikaanse zakenlui die nog niet eens weten dat voetbal met een ronde bal gespeeld word.

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Op zaterdag 14 mei 2005 18:49 schreef Knoekie het volgende:

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Hij heeft in de VS een club die degradatie kandidaat. is naar de superbowl geleid. Dus ik wil het nog allemaal wel zien.