Man Utd and club ownership

[Rich Suvner]

Regardless whether you dislike Manchester United, I am not keen on the move towards club ownership by big businessmen from abroad who don't have a history of love for the game - Brighton fans all know what can happen there. Whereas asset stripping may have acted as a motivation for some, new Premiership chairman without a love for the English game and its traditions are more likely to break up our league in order to move towards European super league structures... among other money making schemes - such as ticket price hikes.

However, do you not think that perhaps United fans are wanting their cake and eating it. Being a plc has brought considerable investment allowing them to strenthen their squad and status at the top of English football - providing them ever greater bargaining power and influence within the game, often to the financial detrement of smaller clubs.

Whilst I agree with the fears of United fans, floating on the stock exchange is not without risk and perhaps they should appreciate that things cannot always go their way.

 

[B.M.F]

Just look at Millwall if you want to see the bad side of floating on the stock exchange. How long have the shares been suspended for now? must be a good couple of years

 

[Rougvie]

I think most of the Man U fans that have been interviewd are hypocrites, they are just concerned about ticket prices and the fact that Glazier doesnt have the same wealth as Roman Abramovich.

Tossers

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Glazer will but tickets up to about £60 for one

 

[The Auditor]

Glazer will but tickets up to about £60 for one

lets hope so - more armchair Man U fans to take the piss out off

 

[Saint Lennard]

Yeah and from the Mancs i know their merchandise is very comfortable for wearing whilst shopping with the missus on a Saturday afternoon. So lets hope the price of the kit doesn't go up too much. Cos they may have to walk around M&S in a shirt that is more than 6 months old!

 

[Jim D]

It's the price you pay for going down the plc route. You have no control over the ownership - it's all in the hands of pension funds, banks and speculators.

One good thing did come out of it though - we now know the full extent that agents have infiltrated the game and are feeding off it. They take millions out every year and put absolutely nothing back - in fact their purpose is largely to disrupt clubs by unsettling their players.

Glazer obviously sees Man U as a great source of revenue to prop up his other businesses. Good luck to him - they deserve each other.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Interesting piece in the paper the other day, suggesting Glazer is positioning himself for the time when collective TV bargaining is replaced by the clubs doing their own deals. He can then milk all the fans in guildford at the expense of every one else.
He's infamous for raising prices at his sports franchise in the states, putting up ticket prices at Withdean like inflation rates.