All I’m saying is that it doesn’t essentially matter what the fans think or want though when it comes to ownership and running of the club. Right now I’d say about 40% of the fanbase wants them out, might even be 50% but it wouldn’t matter if 80+% wanted them out, they won’t sell (nor likely change their ways) until they feel it’s right to or unless someone comes in with a crazy offer they can’t refuse. Practically 100% of the Man Utd fanbase which is probably 5-10x bigger than ours has been anti-Glazer, they’ve done protests outside the ground, inside the ground, early walkouts, chanting, online stuff, created an FC Utd of Manchester football team and it’s made absolutely zero difference to the Glazers for 2 decades.
Man Utd is a PLC. Which means you can buy shares in the club, and with enough of you then waves can be made. Waves which although may not directly overrule the owners, could unsettle "institutional investors" , or prompt someone wealthy who has been pondering things to go "all in" .
The football side wasn't doing *that* badly apart from a few blips up until the last 4 seasons during which we've seen the quality of football and average league position decline compared to the previous 4 years, while we are no closer to winning a trophy than we were 8 years ago. What I'm proposing really isn't that radical. It is simply upgrading the existing DoF model to hold more executive powers while simultaneously increasing accountability on the commercial side of the business. In fact, I don't think the latter is even possible without first driving a wedge between the two divisions. If stood before me I had Daniel Levy, a man who vaguely followed football as a youngster and whose real skill set is in finance, stood next to Fabio Paratici who has lived and breathed football since he could walk, would I still choose Levy to be Chair of the footballing division? Doubtful, just as I wouldn't want Paratici anywhere near the commercial side of the business. I see this as pure common sense.
Looking again at your initial post my eye was drawn to this... "In this, Levy's sole executive power should be setting the annual budget for transfers and wages as a single lump sum, as well as setting mutually agreed short and medium-term goals for the Football Club division. If the Footballing Chairman and his/her team choose to spend this all on Adam Traore, so be it." I think my real issue is that this is exactly my description of how the current interaction between Levy and Paratici should work and for all I know it is working like that. It's quite obvious that Paratici chose both the last two managers but people still blame Levy
Unless the scapegoat weather vane is blowing in the opposite direction, which was certainly the case a week or two ago
Or suspend him at the very least seeing as the original ruling is still subject to an appeal taking place next month. Not a good look as it stands.
Wait for his appeal to (presumably) fail, then Paratici has no legal recourse when we pull the trigger Wouldn't be surprised if that was the plan all along - or, at the very least, built into the plan
The club were talking with their lawyers before FIFA blindsided us with the worldwide ban, so clearly they have a plan for whichever way Paratici's appeal goes
Hardly blindsided when it’s been known for ages they wanted a global ban. The club have handled it poorly.
The club weren't expecting FIFA to announce the ban yesterday, not least because FIFA had kept the club out of the loop This does beg an obvious question about if Paratici was DoF at Barca or whoever, whether or not FIFA would've given them a heads up
It might be true in theory but is it true in practice? Or, can it be guaranteed to be true in practice? What currently prevents Levy from stepping in and vetoing a transfer or a player contract because he doesn't agree with the fee? Technically right now: nothing. Unless this split is formalised and actioned within a proper legal framework, it will only ever exist in theory, irrespective of who replaces Fabio.
Which part of "blindsided" don't you understand? If the club were aware that a worldwide ban was incoming, the video wouldn't have been posted to our socials
