host must win

Chapter 456 Manchester United on the eve of privatization
It is precisely because of this that Malcolm Glazer saw the potential of Manchester United and began to buy shares of Manchester United.Just after United ended the 2002-2003 season with a double, Malcolm Glazer bought their first stake in United: 2.9%, which cost them just £900m.

In September 2003, this ratio increased to 9%; in October, after completing several transactions in a row, Glazer's holding ratio reached 3.17%.

Don't underestimate this 8.93%. Except for the largest shareholder, Manchester United's shares are relatively scattered, so at this time Glazer is already Manchester United's second largest shareholder.

Then, they continued to buy in the market, and by November 2003, Glazer owned 11% of the shares.

In February, when Glazer's stake reached 2%, he made a possible offer for Manchester United.Of course, Manchester United simply ignored it.

Glazer, who failed in his first attempt, continued to buy shares. In April this year, he bought the shares of former Manchester United secretary Maurice Watkins for 4 million pounds, and his shareholding ratio reached 350%.The latter's car was immediately splashed with red paint by Manchester United fans.

In October of this year, Glazer made another offer, but negotiations with Manchester United's major shareholders failed.Glazer's acquisition plan was rejected again.

The day after being rejected, Glazer bought Manchester United shares in the secondary market. After 4 days, he already owned 28.11% of Manchester United.

The reason why Manchester United rejected Glazer's acquisition is actually very simple, because Glazer didn't plan to spend money at all, but planned to complete it through debt.

But Glazer did not intend to give up at all. Just a few days ago, he made another offer, saying that the previous plan could be modified.

Under Malcolm Glazer's strategy, Manchester United's major shareholders Manier and McManus have already loosened. This has caused some Red Devils fans to feel panic and oppose the banner of the Glazer family's privatization of Manchester United. In the stands at Old Trafford.

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Manchester United is a listed company, and many Red Devils fans more or less own some shares of Manchester United, which makes them feel like they are the masters.

However, if the Glazer family buys Manchester United and privatizes it, they will lose their status as masters.

For a while, public opinion in the British Isles was boiling, and there was everything to say.

Some people say that once the Glazer family buys Manchester United with empty hands and white wolves, the Red Devils will definitely bear huge debts.Under such circumstances, Manchester United does not rule out selling Ruud van Nistelrooy, Phil Neville and other players in exchange for considerable funds to improve the club's operating conditions.

As Manchester United's most expensive player, the outside media has been rumored that if Manchester United receives a suitable offer, it may not rule out putting Yin Jun on the transfer market, but Manchester United will at least get a transfer fee of more than 80 million pounds.

It was even revealed by the media before that Manchester United rejected Real Madrid's offer of 60 million pounds.

Rumors from the outside world are disturbing, and the Manchester United team is also panicked.As the team's number one star, Yin Jun is also duty-bound.On Christmas Eve, Yin Jun, who just came from Zurich, held talks with Ferguson, David Gill, Bobby Charlton, Roy Keane and Ferdinand in the meeting room of Old Trafford .

David Gill solemnly promised on behalf of the club management that the club currently has no plans to sell players, except for Phil Neville, because this player has long wanted to leave the team.

David Gill also appeased Yin Jun, saying that the team would never sell Van Nistelrooy. This was a media rumor, and he did not receive an offer from Real Madrid, because according to the rules, the club should notify the player's agent after receiving the offer.

If no offer is received, the player will naturally not be sold.

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As a time traveler, Yin Jun is naturally aware of what is about to happen to Manchester United, but he also has more than enough energy to change these things.

Although after two or three years of hard work, Yin Jun has become a rich man with a net worth of more than 50 million pounds, but in the face of Manchester United, whose market value is as high as one billion pounds, his little money is still not worth mentioning.

Even if he exchanged all his funds for Manchester United's shares, it still could not prevent Glazer from privatizing Manchester United.

According to British law, once Glazer owns 75% of Manchester United's shares, he can force Manchester United to delist and then privatize.

Yin Jun wants to prevent this from happening, unless he holds more than 25% of Manchester United's shares, which means more than 2.5 million pounds of funds!

Although Yin Jun has some understanding of the capital operation of the Glazer family's acquisition of Manchester United with empty hands and white wolves, he is not familiar with it and does not know how to stop it.

Facing the Manchester United team that had already begun to decline, Glazer, the hungry wolf, made a strong attack, let alone the current Manchester United, which is called a cash cow. How could the Glazer family let it go?

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This pre-game celebration, which seemed like a false prosperity, was actually an undercurrent.But under the auspices of Yin Jun, Keane, Giggs and others, Manchester United's dressing room was as stable and harmonious as ever. Even Phil Neville, who was determined to leave the team, still trained and prepared for the game as usual every day.

In the No.19 round of the Premier League, Manchester United's opponent is Bolton.Quick Horse is currently ranked 11th in the Premier League and is a typical mid-range team, but the strength of Allardyce's team is beyond doubt.And Bolton can be regarded as one of Manchester United's mortal enemies, and Ferguson also sent his main players to play in this game.

In the 10 minutes of the opening game, Yin Jun dribbled the ball into the penalty area, picked a pass, and Giggs followed up and hit the goal, opening the scoring for Manchester United.

Manchester United, which made a fantastic start, controlled the situation on the field, but Bolton's steady defense made it difficult for the Red Devils to find a good opportunity.

Yin Jun also played very hard in the game, trying very hard to find opportunities. After he contributed an assist, he even tried hard to score a goal.

As his debut after winning both the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or, Yin Jun certainly hopes to score goals.But until the No.70 minute of the second half, when Ferguson replaced him, Yin Jun failed to score.

The Manchester United fans at the scene still gave him warm applause and cheers, shouting his name.

Although he didn't score a goal, Yin Jun, who contributed an assist, still performed very eye-catching.

After Yin Jun left the field, Manchester United continued to besiege Bolton, but the effect was still not good.It was not until the 90th minute of the game that Manchester United sealed the victory.Giggs dribbled the ball through the middle and shook several people in a row, but the Bolton defender made a clearance to the feet of Scholes, who shot through the net with his right foot from the edge of the penalty area.

(End of this chapter)