399 Two big slaps
Manchester United are undoubtedly in turmoil this season!
The Glazer family, the capital crocodile from the United States, intends to buy Manchester United, and for this reason, the Glazer family even put their chips in front of Ferguson in advance, hoping that the magical manager of Manchester United can support their acquisition.
The members of the board are basically unlikely to refuse to buy, they are all smart, from the time they chose to invest in Manchester United, from the time Edwards tried everything to sell Manchester United, everyone can guess that Manchester United is not far from being bought by capital.
After the establishment of the Red Rebels, the Red Devils in the eyes of many Manchester United fans seem to be an old man who is dying and struggling on the line of life and death.
When Meunier and his friends decided to sell their stake in Manchester United, all Manchester United fans knew that that day was not far off, and it could even be said that it was very close.
The only thing that dragged on was not the protests against the takeover that the fans almost wanted to refuse, nor the mournful cries in the hearts of the fans, but the number of numbers on the bank accounts of the board members.
The Glazer family did bring Wayne Rooney, Robinho, Diego and Quaresma to Manchester United, and these three players did play a certain role in Manchester United, even if it was Xiao Yu's previous life that was treated as an endless parallel Quaresma, he was at Old Trafford, under the transformation of Ferguson, has improved significantly, and is gradually adapting to the style of the Premier League.
However, we have to look at the Glazer family's acquisition methods, and these promises he fulfilled in advance were all realized in the form of bank loans and overdrafts of the club's future income.
Once the acquisition is completed, Manchester United will go from being the most profitable club in the world to the most indebted club in the world overnight, and will be burdened with a heavy debt burden as a result.
In this case, the fans naturally oppose and naturally fight!
It's a pity that with Murdoch's experience in the past, this time the Glazer family is prepared and fully prepared, and smart American investors will not repeat Murdoch's mistakes.
In the 14th round of the English Premier League, the Red Devils fans sitting at Old Trafford even boycotted the takeover in the stands, calling on fans to organize and set up a fan foundation to buy the club's shares. The Glazer responded with the most mocking boo.
The West Stand at Old Trafford is known as Manchester United's most loyal loyalist, but just look at the 550-square-metre flagship store behind the West Stand and the 12th man in the stadium.
But even this group of die-hard fans pulled out the "Get out of Old Trafford, evil capitalists!" ] to resist acquisitions from the Glazer family.
But there is no way, Manier and others surrendered, Harry? Dobson also capitulated, and now that the Glazer family has acquired up to 62% of Manchester United, their ambitions to buy Manchester United are clear, and they have the right to launch a compulsory takeover if they have more than 75% of the shares.
For those small stockholders, there is no point in resisting, because under the impact of financial predators, small shareholders have no choice but to let others eat their own flesh.
Maybe you can make a little bit of money by selling your stake in Manchester United, but so what?
The vast majority of small shareholders are die-hard Manchester United fans rather than money, and they prefer to own a little bit of Manchester United's shares, which gives them a sense of responsibility and a sense of being part of the club at all times.
Many familiar fans came to Xiao Yu, hoping that Xiao Yu could come forward to stop the acquisition, but Xiao Yu also felt helpless about it, because he simply did not have the ability to stop the Glazer family.
FIFA strictly rejects the same person or company from holding more than 50% of the shares of two clubs in the same league, so if Xiao Yu comes forward to buy Manchester United, either Manchester United will be relegated or the Red Rebels will be relegated.
However, out of morality, Xiao Yu still came forward many times, and in interviews with television, newspapers and magazines and other media, Xiao Yu repeatedly said that the Glazer family's acquisition of Manchester United should be prohibited in the field of football.
"This kind of takeover game is often played on Wall Street in the United States, where they set up a shell company and then throw out a series of concepts to make a financing plan to the bank, so that the bank believes that once they complete the acquisition, they have the ability to repay the loan, so the bank decides to lend them money and let them go to the UK to buy Manchester United!"
Speaking of this, Xiao Yu had a very incomprehensible expression.
"Here I have to ask, how much money did the Glazer family pay for this deal?"
Xiao Yu quickly sneered again: "I dare to guarantee that most of their money comes from bank loans, and after the completion of the acquisition, they will take some of the money from the club's regular operating income and ticket revenue, and use it to repay part of the debt and interest to the bank, which will be a long process, and it will be even more difficult than Arsenal to build a new stadium!" ”
"There may be people who want to defend the Glazer family, they bought Manchester United for the long term, I don't deny that, but I have to remind those people that once the Glazer buys it out, Manchester United may still be able to win the title and maybe have good results, but Manchester United will no longer have the financial strength to buy Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Veron!"
Xiao Yu's sonorous words appeared on the pages of countless TV and newspapers, and as a world-renowned investor, his words were naturally believed by countless people.
Ruud van Nistelrooy was one of Manchester United's most successful acquisitions, and Veron was seen as a model of failure, but let's not forget that Manchester United were able to acquire Ruud van Nistelrooy and Veron, which made countless fans talk about it at the time, and even if it failed, it did not affect the club's financial strength, relying on the healthy operation of the club.
Although Manchester United seemed mercenary at the time, no one could deny it!
And Xiao Yu's meaning is very clear, from now on, Manchester United will not have a big deal like Vanney and Veron, unless the Glazer family still asks for debt, or there is another big capital to buy Manchester United.
…………………… In the 15th round of the league, Manchester United challenged West Bromwich Albion away, and as a protest, the vast majority of Manchester United fans refused to go to the away stadium to support the team, and they chose to go to the gate of Old Trafford to demonstrate, just like Xiao Yu did when he refused Murdoch's takeover of Manchester United.
But such demonstrations did not have the slightest effect.
Manchester United were beaten 1-2 at West Bromwich Albion and Ferguson was furious after the game, criticising the lack of motivation on the part of the players, arguing that the club's takeover had nothing to do with the players, and that they should be more concerned about the team's results and performance on the pitch than on the pitch.
As for the acquisition of the Glazer family, Ferguson said that he did not know the details, but he and David? Jill has communicated with each other, and the Glazer family has a complete set of business plans.
"They are not as mercenary as the outside media portrays!" Ferguson said.
However, Xiao Yu knows very well that the Glazer family has reached a tacit understanding with Ferguson, and once the acquisition is completed, it will not interfere in the management of football, so that Ferguson can completely grasp the competition and lead the transfer of players and other affairs.
Of course, the key issue is that the transfer fee for the club is still under the control of the Glazer family!
In the aftermath of the game, the Glazer family announced that they had increased their stake in Manchester United to 71 per cent, one step closer to achieving a mandatory takeover of 75 per cent.
But when this data was released, the resentment of the fans increased to another level!
Two hours after Manchester United's shock defeat to West Bromwich Albion, the Red Rebels thrashed Crystal Palace 4-1 at home.
After just being held to a draw by bottom team Norwich, the Red Rebels were holding their breath and returning to their home stadium, everyone in the team was eager to tear apart their opponents, first in the Champions League, Mourinho sent a semi-main and semi-substitute line-up, 5-0 at home to Sparta Prague, Kaka scored twice in this game.
Back in the league, Jose Mourinho gave the players plenty of rest to start the game away at Norwich City, and they did so on the pitch, especially Villa and Ronaldo on the left, who scored twice to help them beat Crystal Palace 4-1.
On the other side, Arsenal lost 2-1 away to Liverpool, Xavi? Alonso opened the scoring before Patrick Vieira stubbornly pulled back the scores, but in the final moments, in stoppage time, Steven Gerrard was again in the groove to score the winning goal for Liverpool.
This goal also led directly to the Red Rebels' first summit of the season.
But then came the first Red Devils derby of the season.
There was a lot of speculation in the media before the game, hoping that Manchester United could turn around the recent situation by taking the corpse of the Red Rebels, or that the Red Rebels would drop a big stone on the already moribund Manchester United.
Because in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage, Manchester United lost 1:2 at home to Dynamo Kiev, which means that Manchester United currently only has eight points, one point behind Turkey's Fenerbahçe, and ranks third in the group.
Fenerbahce away to Fenerbahce in the final round of the Champions League group stage will be a crucial match for Manchester United to qualify from the group, which would not only mean a huge financial loss, but also a huge after-effect for the club.
On the other hand, the Red Rebels, after qualifying for the Champions Cup, reached the top of the league, although there are Chelsea, Arsenal and other teams chasing behind, and at the same time there is heavy pressure brought by the unbeaten record, but the Red Rebels can undoubtedly fight more fiercely in this Red Devils derby, because Mourinho has decided to send substitutes in the Champions League group stage of the last round away to Porto.
In addition to the team's situation, Manchester United also had to face the pressure of many fans at home, Old Trafford has never been in the habit of booing the Red Rebels, even the two Red Devils derbies in the Premier League last season, the Old Trafford stadium did not give the Red Rebels even the slightest boo.
As many leaders of the Red Devils fan club said, "In the face of other teams, we can tear our throats out and shout, when we see them score in celebration, we even want to pick up a knife and stab them to death, but in the face of the Red Rebels, we only have heartache, only helplessness, we will never be the enemy of this team, even if they call themselves rebels!" ”
But to this day, when many fans will oppose the acquisition of the Glazer family, no one dares to guarantee that there will be fans who will give Manchester United problems on the field, so Manchester United has paid great attention to this game, and even specially hired thousands of Manchester police officers to come to the scene to maintain order.
And it is said that the Glazer family also personally issued a killing order, demanding that Ferguson must take down the Red Rebels!
But no one expected that the Red Rebels and Red Devils die-hard fans on the pitch and in the stands respectively gave the Red Devils Manchester United a hard slap in the face!
(To be continued)