“More chance of me winning an Oscar at the moment” 
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Oh, why did he have to be a Man United fan? 
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I love that every one of his answers was Utd except for…
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s cost-cutting regime, designed to make Manchester United profitable again, epitomises that financial landscape.
That approach has come with consequences, not least concerning the academy building, which dates back to 2002 and had a refurbishment in 2017. There are allegations toilets have been left uncleaned, bins unemptied, and pitch perimeters worn and littered, with complaints made that there are not enough maintenance staff employed to maintain standards.
There was also an embarrassing episode in which Manchester United’s Under-13s asking to borrow socks and shorts from Everton when they visited Carrington for a match last month.
This is seriously embarrassing, asking gear from a visiting club.
F*ck me, this doesn’t even exist where I’m from (where you’d be lucky to have 11 kits that are all the same and if something was missing, we’d get extra from the older boys and then tapes to help it not falling down!).
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Reminds me of one of my proudest moments - lending Gordon Strachan’s son my spare of socks, LFC socks, once he realized he left his at home and experiencing his dad’s furious response to his son wearing liverpool gear during a game.
My football career peaked at 10 years old
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It’s become a cliche, I know, but he really is the stereotypical businessman who knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing.
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Well he makes enough money from his really expensive hand wash 
..Ineos…£3.95 V Asda £1.15…no money out of my pocket for the skinflint, manc loving, old git. 
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Like our amateur side offered shirts and shorts.
Problem with any type of austerity is it basically ruins, basically if you deliver savings it has to benefit in some other way. Literally no point using it to pay off debt.
Businesses and the country are not Joe Bloggs with a credit card.
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What is the betting he’ll be eating those words alongside his Xmas dinner ?
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He’s playing the long con. Aiming to get the rest of the club at a cheaper price from the Glazers
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On how bad can it get to us from here.. imagine losing to these lot.. certainly not right? 
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I’m hearing news of a Saudi takeover.
Yeah, I saw that.
Some of the chatter I saw, they’re giddy at the prospect.
Some are justifying it because Mercedes built certain German equipment thingies in WW2.
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Jesus Christ.
That escalated quickly.
When you’ve had Ten Haag and now Amorim you quickly develop an expertise in mental gymnastics
Even if there is truth in the rumours, it could be non-starter if the buyers turn out to be the PIF.
Also, it is not clear if a Saudi purchase of Manchester United could get through the Premier League’s Owners and Directors’ test.
Sheikh Jassim’s attempt to buy the club never advanced far enough for the league to have to rule on it. However, as there was no competing Qatari owner, it could not have been ruled out on conflict of interest grounds.
That is not the case with Saudi Arabia, whose Public Investment Fund (PIF) has run Newcastle since 2021.
While the Saudi Pro-League has four clubs, Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad, and Al-Ahli, that are run by PIF, it seems unlikely the Premier League would be willing to sanction multiple ownership by the same ultimate source, even if the individuals in charge of them were different.
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There were rumours at the start of the summer that PIF were considering selling Newcastle.
When the Glazers and FSG put Man Utd and ourselves on the market, those within the Saudi Government were talking about encouraging private investors to look at the both of us, possibly investing in both clubs at the same time.
It wouldn’t surprise me if Newcastle were sold in the future, and the Saudis considered something with either Man Utd or us. Henry did have talks with PIF about a golf venture (although there were other investors involved), and then there was the rumour of Edwards being looked at by the Pro League.
I think although the possibility of building up a club i.e. City is massively appealing from a sportswashing point of view, the prospect of owning one of the jewels in football could probably achieve their sportswashing objectives just as well, as every transfer would be tied in “Saudi riches” and it’d be almost like an ego trip for them to be able to say they own Man Utd/Liverpool.
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