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You watch Feb and Novak today and then England/New Zealand and you see 4 sporting individuals/teams going hell for leather and putting themselves through hell in order to try and reach the pinnacle of their sport - you realise why sport is such an important part of so many peoples lives and just how damn good it can be. Then you remember you are a NUFC fan and Mike Ashley is the owner.

I disagree http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7490346.stm

Pom Bears, not just for kids

How funny would it be if he turns it down though

well he hasn't ruled out a premier league club purchase... https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/jim-ratcliffe-interview-billionaire-opens-up-on-premier-league-ownership-chelsea-and-taking-on-a4149691.html

I had to Google him, some Geordie Shore doylum Iirc he is mates with some players. Shagging Mercedes from Hollyoaks as well

The guy still believes in Father Christmas FFS Well played sir

Perez replacement on a free?

Aye BZG are gonna be delighted to pay £350m for the club minus a couple of its biggest assets Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't the accounting value of these players be totally different to the paper value? I would have thought the accounting value dictates the price of the club as opposed to the paper value of the players. I'm seriously clutching here, but wouldn't cash in the bank be more appealing to potential buyers? You are right that the accounting value will be different (in this case Perez would be worth nothing in the books) but the market value of the players would have a bearing on any takeover value. What has happened on an accounting basis with this sale is that the net asset value of the club (accounting basis) has gone up by £30m

In Spain, not UK... Merino had one.

It's normal for Spanish players to have release clauses isn't it? I'd imagine the clauses are linked to contract value and doubt Perez is on that much per week hence the low fee

jesus christ isn't that what Ronaldo went for? Honestly football needs a crash quickly because these kind of fees for a good but hardly great player is beyond a joke If it was just the fees then there wouldn't be a problem as it becomes irrelevant as the money just moves in a circle. They become a problem when agents and owners take high percentages out of the game so selling clubs don't get to benefit and reinvest

It seems that(in the Caulkin interview) Rafa was kept as much in the dark about proceedings as we were. Perhaps he had no idea whether the takeover was legit or not and rather than hang around, like us, and wait, took the Chinese offer which was too good an offer to refuse. It is fairly safe to take it as the takeover not being at a completed stage last Monday when Rafa informed the cloob that he would't be staying. He's a man of his word and any agreement made with the Chinese club in the last week will be binding to him and even if BZG had approached him today with news that it is going to happen there would be no coming back. How I see it anyway.

If they do this it will be a precursor to them publicly withdrawing. No way they can comment on matters like this under the NDA

I get him wanting to leave, I get that he should get out of dodge for the benefit of his career, but is Man U really the right place now? There is a huge risk that the OGS experiment will lead to the worst Man U team in the Premier League era. Leicester or Wolves (or that type of club) would surely be a better move for him

Well the takeover is dragging on a bit

Which leads me to think that he was betting on one of Rafa staying or the takeover happening

Hands up, I saw Monochrome but not project and assumed it was Monochrome limited. I retract my previous comment and apologise for any distress this mistake may have caused

I'm calling bull. Monochrome was set up after the heads of terms was allegedly agreed was it not?

Backlash as in what? Sitting on our hands in polite silence

Actually think MLS will be our next mass shopping ground

Would laugh if it was Charnley getting back at us. As if thumbheed could photoshop To be fair, did you see it? Photoshop is generous, was barely MS Paint And thumbheed thinks MSPaint involves colouring in his screen with Crayola crayons

Rafa did though I think it’s pretty obvious now that the experiment won’t be repeated. Given the Odin situation, I realise that nobody will believe anything now, but i’ve heard a tiny little rumour that the replacement is already sorted, and was weeks ago. Wouldn't surprise me, wasn't Pardew lined up a few weeks before Houghton was sacked.

Would laugh if it was Charnley getting back at us. As if thumbheed could photoshop

Let me go ahead and answer that right now for you: no. It's so bloody simple man. These younger head coach types, should be the easiest to get considering the profile of the club. We are again seeing Vieira, Gattuso and even Van Bronckhorst being linked and said to be interested, and these fit that mould. It would be so crazy if we see someone like Monk come in. How many times can they possibly screw this up for goodness sake. There is one constant in the managers Ashley has employed and that is experience. He won't go for a younger manager, rather he'll fall into the trap of seeing someone who has been sacked 6 times as having the right experience in the game.