Manchester United Takeover: Who's trying to buy them & will the Glazers actually sell?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 21 February 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
With two takeover bids on the table, will the Glazer family's 18-year reign at Manchester United finally come to an end? Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Matt Slater and Laurie Whitwell to discuss the bids, the people behind them and all the issues in-between...
What is the true scale of the damage inflicted on the club by the Glazers and are they even serious about selling this time? Do Manchester United actually need a sovereign wealth fund to compete with Chelsea & Manchester City and why the Premier League are powerless to stop Gulf states buying football clubs in UK.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:04.5 | Two bids have been made that could bring an end to 18 years of the Glazer family ownership of Manchester United. |
| 0:11.5 | Both spark controversy, both deserve scrutiny, both have managed to divide a fan base with a proud history of resisting takeovers which threaten the values of the club. |
| 0:22.3 | As United fans wrestle with the true cost of success in the Premier League in 2023, |
| 0:27.3 | the league itself watches on as geopolitical battle lines are drawn in the backguard. |
| 0:35.8 | Who are the men behind these bids, the teams behind these bids? |
| 0:39.4 | Does the Premier League have any power to intervene? |
| 0:42.3 | And did we learn anything from a World Cup in Qatar? |
| 0:46.1 | I'm Mark Chapman. |
| 0:46.9 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 0:52.6 | There's still people that say to me, they suspect this has been a big fishing expedition. |
| 0:57.2 | It's not necessarily a sale. It's a process and we're going forward with the process. So we'll see what happens. |
| 1:01.7 | He's got a bit of a ponchoon for trying to revive. |
| 1:04.9 | Famous old labels. He'd love to buy Man United. He'd love to buy the most famous British football team |
| 1:11.7 | and make them great again. |
| 1:13.4 | They spent 200 billion pounds on a World Cup, you know. |
| 1:16.2 | Six, seven, eight billion for the crown jewel of football |
| 1:19.4 | to be constantly in the conversation about Premier League football |
| 1:22.8 | is a price worth paying. |
| 1:24.1 | You didn't say anything about Men's City, we did. |
| 1:25.9 | You didn't say anything about Newcastle we did. |
| 1:27.4 | It should never have happened. United should never need an Abramovich |
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