And it is still raising the price of season tickets. Because of the boycott, the sales of season tickets were not completed this year, and Sir Alex Ferguson did not get effective financial support.
An organization calling itself "Red Devil Knight" also publicly stood up and claimed to buy back the Red Devils from the Glazer family for 654.38 billion pounds. Different from Liverpool fans, the Red Order is comparable to the medieval Knights Templar and Knights Hospital, and its members are mainly a group of Manchester United fans in the City of London.
Because this organization is mysterious, it is not clear who the members of the red organization are. However, it is revealed that the founder of "Red Knight" is Keith Harris, the chairman of Seymour Pierce, and a former CEO of HSBC's investment department is an experienced Manchester United fan who is good at dancing in the English football circle. His company has participated in the acquisition of West Ham, Manchester City and Aston Villa, and has served as a financial consultant for several football clubs.
In addition, the core figure is Jim O 'Neill, the chief economist of Goldman Sachs, who is an old friend of Ferguson and has been criticizing Glazer's debt issuance plan recently. In addition, there are Mark rawlinson, a partner of Fuld Law Firm who helped Glazer buy Manchester United, Paul Marshall, the founder of a hedge fund, and Khayet, an executive of Shang Qi advertising company. Although ordinary fans may not be familiar with these names, their names are household names in London financial circles.
They have one thing in common: they are lifelong fans of Manchester United. It was this group of rich people who held a secret meeting in the office of Fuld Law Firm on March 1 to discuss the acquisition plan. The initial plan is to gather 40 billionaire fans, each contributing 20 million yuan, and then borrow some money from the city to complete the acquisition and force the Glazer family out.
A rich man who attended the meeting but did not want to be named said: "At present, less than 10 fans who love Manchester United get together to discuss some things. We hope to do a good thing for the club, that is, buy the club. This is not to make money, but to prevent such an important club from falling into Glazer's hands. We can't stand that Ferguson wants to buy players but has no money. The recent bond issue shows that things are changing in this direction. However, at present, we have not decided how to do it, nor have we agreed how to do it. "
As soon as the "Red Knight" appeared, it was countered by the Glazer family. Although Glazer's two sons Brian and avram witnessed the strength of the Green Gold Army at Wembley, although they made the club in debt of 7.65438+0.7 million pounds, they paid interest of 68.5 million pounds only last year, and they made a profit by selling Cristiano Ronaldo. Although Manchester United was surpassed by Barcelona and fell to the third place in Deloitte Club's wealth list, the Glazer family insisted: "Manchester United is not for sale."