'Any Qatari takeover at Old Trafford would also bring with it the kind of human-rights-ignoring baggage.' | ✍️ Gavin Brown (gavbrown_metro) writes for MetroOpinion
A desire to see the end of the Glazers’ ownership at Old Trafford is understandable for many reasons but a desperate need for investment in the squad wouldn’t seem to be top priority at a club with an ageing stadium and whose outdated facilities were one of the many bones of contention Cristiano Ronaldo found while serving his second sentence in Manchester.
Investment in the squad has been substantial, if a little scattergun, so any injection of Qatari cash is unlikely to have the transformative impact seen at Newcastle when the Saudi millions gave Eddie Howe the means to replace Jonjo Shelvey with Bruno Guimaraes. Qatari investment would not so much give United the chance to buy better players as give them the chance to pay more for them – bigger fee, higher wages and bigger cut for the agents. Call it the Boehly effect.Of course, certain legal troubles down the road at Manchester City could yet show that all the money in the United Arab Emirates is worth a little less if you are then accused of breaching financial fair play rules.
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