Red Rebels

Manchester United this season is undoubtedly in turmoil!

The capital crocodile Glazer family from the United States intends to buy Manchester United. To this end, the Glazer family even put their chips in front of Ferguson in advance, hoping that the magical coach of Manchester United can support their acquisition.

The members of the board of directors are basically not likely to refuse the acquisition. They are all very smart. From their choice to invest in Manchester United in the first place, from the time Edwards did everything possible to sell Manchester United, everyone can guess that Manchester United is a long time away from being acquired by capital. Not far.

After its establishment, the Red Devil in the eyes of many Manchester United fans seems to be an old man who is struggling to survive. The dead old man is not suffering for years, but counts the days to see when that day will come.

When Manier and his friends decided to sell their shares of Manchester United, all Manchester United fans knew that the day was not far away, even close.

The only thing that dragged on was not the demonstrations by the fans to boycott the takeover that they could almost die to refuse, nor the mournful cries of the fans' hearts, but the high and low numbers in the bank accounts of the board members.

The Glazer family did bring Rooney, Robinho, Diego and Quaresma to Manchester United, and these three players did play a certain role in Manchester United, even if Xiao Yu was praised as an endless parallel in his previous life. Reisma, who has improved significantly at Old Trafford under Ferguson's transformation, is gradually adapting to the style of the Premier League.

However, I had to examine the acquisition method of the Glazer family. The purchase commitments he fulfilled in advance were all realized by means of bank loans and overdraft of the club's future income.

Once the acquisition is completed, Manchester United will turn from 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.

In this case, the fans naturally opposed and naturally fought!

It's a pity that, with Murdoch's lessons from the past, this time the Glazer family came well prepared and fully prepared, and smart American investors will not repeat Murdoch's mistakes.

In the 14th round of the Premier League, the Red Devils fans at Old Trafford even called for a boycott of the acquisition in the stands, calling on fans to organize, set up a fan foundation, and acquire the club’s shares. At the same time, the audience appeared in the VIP box. Macomb Glazer responded with the most derisive booing.

The West Stand at Old Trafford is known as the most loyal diehard of Manchester United. If nothing else, just look at the one behind the West Stand, which reaches 555 square meters and is Manchester United's largest fan souvenir sales flagship store. , and then look at this stand, which is known as the 12th man in the stadium, and you can see how loyal the fans of this stand are.

But even this group of die-hard fans pulled out [Get out of Old Trafford, evil capitalist! ] to resist the takeover from the Glazer family.

But there was no way. Manier and others surrendered, and Harry Dobson also surrendered. At present, the Glazer family has acquired up to 62% of Manchester United's shares, and their ambition to acquire Manchester United has been revealed, and as long as they are allowed to If they hold more than 75% of the shares, they have the right to initiate a compulsory acquisition.

For those small shareholders, resistance is meaningless, because under the impact of financial giants, small shareholders are simply powerless and can only be a mermaid.

Maybe you could make a little money selling your Manchester United stake, but so what?

Compared with money, the vast majority of small shareholders are diehard fans of Manchester United, and they are more willing to hold a little Manchester United stock, which makes them more responsible and can feel that they are part of the club anytime, anywhere.

A lot of well-known fan leaders came to find Xiao Yu, hoping that Xiao Yu could come forward to stop the acquisition,

But Xiao Yu also felt helpless about this, because he simply did not have the ability to stop the Glazer family.

FIFA strictly stipulates that the same person or the same company is not allowed to hold more than 50% of the shares of two clubs in the same league, so if Xiao Yu comes forward to buy Manchester United, Manchester United will either be relegated or relegated.

However, out of morality, Xiao Yu has come forward many times. In interviews with media such as TV, newspapers and magazines, Xiao Yu has repeatedly said that the way the Glazer family acquires Manchester United should be banned in the football field.

"This kind of acquisition game is often played on Wall Street in the United States. They set up a shell company, and then throw out a series of concepts, make a financing plan to the bank, and make the bank believe that once they help them complete the acquisition, they have the ability to repay the loan. So the bank decided to lend them money and let them go to the UK to buy Manchester United!"

Having said this, Xiao Yu had a very incomprehensible expression.

"I have to ask here, how much did the Glazer family pay for this deal?"

Xiao Yu quickly sneered again: "I can guarantee that most of their money comes from bank loans. After the acquisition is completed, they will take a part of the club's daily operating income and ticket income and take it. Paying off some of the debt and interest to the bank will be a long process, even harder than Arsenal building a new stadium!"

"Maybe there are people who have to defend the Glazer family, they bought Manchester United for the long-term business, I do not deny that, but I have to remind those people that once the Glazers complete the acquisition, Manchester United may still be able to win the championship, maybe still have a good time. but Manchester United will no longer have the financial strength to buy Ferdinand, Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Veron!"

Xiao Yu's sonorous and powerful words appeared on countless TV and newspaper pages, and as a world-renowned investor, his words were naturally believed by countless people.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is one of Manchester United's most successful acquisitions, and Veron is regarded as a model of failure, but don't forget one point, that is, Manchester United can acquire Ruud van Nistelrooy and Veron, which made countless fans talk about it at that time. Even if it fails, it will not damage the financial strength of the club, and it depends on the healthy operation of the club.

Although Manchester United looked mercenary at the time, no one can deny this!

And Xiao Yu's meaning is very clear, from now on, Manchester United will no longer be able to make big money like Ruud van Nistelrooy and Veron, unless the Glazer family repays the debt, or another big capital buys Manchester United.

……………………In the 15th round of the league, Manchester United challenged West Bromwich Albion away. As a protest, the vast majority of Manchester United fans refused to go away to support the team, they chose to go to Old Trafford Stadium The demonstration at the gate is the same as what Xiao Yu did when he rejected Murdoch's acquisition of Manchester United.

But such demonstrations did not have the slightest effect.

Manchester United were upset by West Bromwich Albion 2:1 away. Ferguson was furious after the game, criticizing the players for lack of fighting spirit, believing that the acquisition of the club has nothing to do with the players, they should be more concerned about the team results and performance on the field, not off the field.

Regarding the acquisition of the Glazer family, Ferguson said that he did not know the details, but he had communicated with David Gill, and the Glazer family had a complete set of business plans.

"They are not as mercenary as the outside media has rendered them!" Ferguson said.

However, Xiao Yu knows very well that the Glazer family has reached a tacit understanding with Ferguson. Once the acquisition is completed, they will not intervene in football management, allowing Ferguson to fully grasp the competition and lead the transfer of players and other matters.

Of course, the key issue is that the club's transfer fee is still under the control of the Glazer family!

After this game, the Glazer family announced that they had raised their stake in Manchester United to 71%, one step closer to achieving the 75% compulsory acquisition.

But when this data was released, the resentment of the fans rose to another level!

And two hours after Manchester United's upset loss to West Bromwich Albion, they beat Crystal Palace 4-1 at home.

After a tragic draw with Norwich, the bottom team, everyone was full of anger. After returning to the home court, everyone in the team could not wait to tear up their opponents. First, in the Champions League, Mourinho sent half The main semi-substitute lineup, beat Sparta Prague 5-0 at home, Kaka scored twice in this game again.

Back in the league, Mourinho let these players rest enough to start the away game against Norwich, and they really played like wolves on the pitch, especially Villa and the left. Ronaldinho, two players scored twice, helping the team beat Crystal Palace 4:1.

In another stadium, Arsenal lost 2-1 away to Liverpool, Xavi Alonso scored the first goal, and then Vieira tenaciously regained the score, but at the last minute, in stoppage time, Gerrard was again soul Possessed and scored the winning goal for Liverpool.

This goal also directly led to the summit, which was also the first summit of the season.

But what followed was the first Red Devils derby of the season.

Before the game, there were a lot of media speculations, hoping that Manchester United could reverse the recent situation through the dead body, or throw a big stone on the already struggling Manchester United.

Because in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage, Manchester United lost 1:2 at home to Dynamo Kyiv, which led to Manchester United currently only 8 points, 1 point behind Turkey's Fenerbahce, ranking third in the group. sister-in-law {half-/-float=(.*)+sheng-red rebels

The final round of the Champions League group stage away to Fenerbahce will be a crucial game, which is related to whether Manchester United can qualify for the group stage. If not, it will not only mean a large financial loss, but also It will also bring huge sequelae to the club.

On the other hand, after qualifying from the Champions League group, the league reached the top. Although Chelsea, Arsenal and other teams were chasing them, and at the same time, there was heavy pressure brought about by the unbeaten record, they could undoubtedly fight more fiercely in this Red Devils derby. , because Mourinho has decided, in the final round away to Porto in the Champions League group stage, to send substitutes to play.

In addition to the pros and cons of the team's situation, Manchester United also had to face the pressure from many fans at home. Old Trafford has never had the habit of booing. There wasn't even the slightest boo at Radford Stadium.

As many leaders of the Red Devils fan club said, "Faced with other teams, we can tear our throats, and when we see them scoring a goal and celebrating, we even want to pick up a knife and stab them to death. Only heartache, only helplessness, we will never be enemies with this team, even though they call themselves rebels!"

But to this day, when many fans will oppose the acquisition of the Glazer family, no one can guarantee that there will be fans who will cause problems for Manchester United on the pitch, so for this game, Manchester United has given extremely high Great concern, and even specially hired thousands of police officers from Manchester to come to the scene to maintain order.

It is said that the Glazer family also personally issued a mortal order, requiring Ferguson to take it!

But no one thought that they would give the Red Devils Manchester United a slap in the face with the Red Devils diehard fans on the pitch and in the stands respectively!