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Wasn't Steve Ballmer one of the suitors for Pool? I dunno if he has any allegiances, but I wonder this changes anyway.
OFFICIAL FOOTY THREAD ⚽️: Rodri wins 2024 Ballon d’Or
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Get! Me! Mboppe! And Hagland!
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Good posts
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options outside of Americans would be being apart of some country’s sportswashing, no?
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The only groups outside of the US who could come close to affording these rumored valuations would be Indian (Ambani & Adani), Chinese and Gulf billionaires/wealth funds so there would be a chance yea.
Been some noise surrounding Dubai sniffing around and being interested heavily.
If it comes down to it, Americans could end up being the more ethical suitors on the low
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Want Ratcliffe to throw his hat in but he said his group was focusing on Nice last time rumors started
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Apparently he rubbed the brokerage firm overlooking the sale the wrong way during the Cheslea sale after he put in a rogue bid late without following procedure and after they were already going exclusive with Boehly's group.
Might be a longshot now but it would definitely be the most romantic option, richest man in the UK buying his boyhood club.
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Run it up!
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you would hope a fan of the club would be a good steward of it. Can’t see him being a parasite like the Glazers
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You sound incredibly ungrateful. You guys should be sending Piers Morgan and CR7 edible arrangements
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Would hope so, he'd be more invested in the teams fortunes on the pitch than as a business off it unlike a lot of other owners (Glazers) and ownership groups.
He wouldn't be as wealthy as some of these other rumored suitors but honestly I would probably prefer that to becoming another sportwashing project by the wealthiest investors in the world.
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To think that multiple people signed off on this…from Adidas’ design team all the way to the Belgian football association
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I’m convinced we are seeing so many upsets because this is happening in December (mid season) and these dudes have had zero time to practice/build cohesion before starting. But man it’s been entertaining
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I also think that Asia and Africa are shortening the gap between them and Europe and South America
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Eh.
Squads been out of sorts for a while now.
CR7 comes in acting the way he does with all our problems its like punching a bigger hole in a ship already taking on water.
I'd ask Demba Ba to come out of retirement and play for us before adding Ronaldo at this point.
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I’d love to have him! Even though this isn’t the direction we want to go. But screw it
We have nothing to lose
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all that bread and these dudes still look this nasty. probably rocking the bald top with the mullet look too
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How the heck would this work?
Facebook, Amazon, Apple...never heard of them ever being interested in Sports franchises/clubs before
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Wrong thread.
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