The Manchester United takeover could drag on for a while yet, but would the fans rather have money-bags Sheikh Jassim or fan-led Thomas Zilliacus? We put it to a vote, and were pleasantly surprised.
“Any sport club ultimately should belong to its fans. My bid is built on equality with fans,” said Thomas Zilliacus as he threw his hat in the ring to buy Manchester United. But would those fans give up an opportunity to have a “say in all the key sporting decisions of the club” for the promise of the finest footballers money can buy?It’s tempting – of course it is.
Along with that dodgy sporting integrity ground comes the altogether more disconcerting issue of the human rights record of the country Sheikh Jassim’s family rules over. Women and LGBTQ+ members are discriminated against in a place which has little independent or critical media, where those that do speak out against the regime are frequently arrested and given unfair trials.
“The current market value of the club is just under $3.9bn . That means that if every one of the fans of the club would join in buying the club, the total sum per fan would amount to less than $6. My group will finance half of the sum needed to take over the club, and will ask the fans, through a new company that is being set up for this specific purpose, to participate for the other half. If every fan joins it means less than $3 per fan.
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