The Unknown Qatari Trying To Buy Manchester United
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- čas přidán 21. 02. 2023
- Following 18 years owning Manchester United, the Glazer family finally appear to be willing to sell the club.
A 40-year-old Qatari royal and banker named Sheikh Jassim appears to be the frontrunner, having tabled a £4.5 billion takeover bid, promising to return the club to its former glories, and to renovated Old Trafford.
There's just one problem... No one seems to know anything about him.
So in this video, HITC Sevens attempts to find out a bit more about Sheikh Jassim, the source of his wealth, and whether this is just a cover for another state-backed Qatari takeover identical to the one at PSG. - Sport
"But still, Rashford's playing well, isn't he?" Priceless.
Best ending to a video yet!
@@TheMisterMescudi Sometimes, as we watch the world burn around us, it's important to take a moment to enjoy the beautiful absurdity of the flames.
@@evanerys I wasn't expecting to find such a profound comment on a football video of all things. 🤩
i laughed out loud
Alfie,Arabs dont really have full names, they just go off their fathers names. "Bin" just means son of so Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani just means Jassim son of Hamad the descendent of Thani, Thani being the grandfatherJassim bin Mohammed bin Thani. Thats why you saw many repeated names as most times you are just repeating the family tree.
I wish we could tag on CZcams. He needs to see this
Like Thorisdottir or Erikson in Norse countries.
Actually, European aristocracy had many many words in their names - the Spanish noble that the Constitutional government of Spain sent to New York to buy airplanes (during the government's civil war with Franco) was denied access to Spain's funds deposited in Rockefeller's bank (Rockefeller didn't support constitutional governments in Europe) because the Spainard's ID papers had two out of his 18(?) names spelled slightly differently than the names listed on the bank account.
My dog also doesn't have a full name.
al thani is the tribe name, not the grandfather
Alfie after reading out all those names : "Today I feel Qatari"
Well he believes in human rights so i doubt he would feel like that bum nation
Mr Sevens, the journalist we need right now.
Unfortunately most people don't realise how corrupt the UK is, because they have been conditioned into believing that corruption only exists in certain parts of the world. To those who care more about living vicariously through the team they support than about than the blood that is shed by the innocent to ensure that: one day the tables will turn and you'll see who remembers your kindness in your time of need
Watch 'Spider's Web, Britain's Second Empire.
I had to laugh about your whole sentiment. I can guarantee you that on the European continent everyone knows about the British crimes. You lot are despised for a good reason.
@k4yser Dispised? Please enlighten us with your knowledge and wisdom on this?
@@k4yser I was referring to people in the UK though. Most people here don't see that
Yes of course we know how corrupt, those in power are. It's happens everywhere in the world and has been so for centuries and will continue to be so.
25:06 ok I actually laughed out loud knowing exactly what was coming. Your sense of humour makes these half hour vids well worth the watch.
Good shit Alfie 😂
I'm sure he's been a massive fan since childhood
Well maybe since he went to school in the UK?
probably was
He went to school in England and United our the biggest club in the country who enjoy a massive fan following literally every where across the globe so it's not unlikely.
@@areebsiddiqui758 In 1992 Liverpool were far bigger, and Man Utd were just a team that hasn't won the league in 25 years.
@@andrasszabo1570 that's 1992
Exceptional journalism Alfie! I wish more people in the media could produce insightful, honest, and unbiased content like this!
Also I'm sick of hearing that football is too far gone to change from cowardly fans who just want their club to win at any cost! It is already fucked but by speaking out and pushing for better solutions we can stop it being more fucked, and maybe even unfuck it a bit
Wth is speaking up going to do?
@@dariuspalmer2829 I completely understand that growing up in the neoliberal hellscape of conservative Britain would make anyone feel like speaking up won’t do anything but throughout history every single movement for change and every fight against injustice has started with one person saying this is bullshit, like Alfie has done here.
An example that’s pertinent to football is how we as fans said no to the super league.
It’s not easy but what’s the point of anything if we don’t try and make things better in this world?
@@antony558 You really think the Glazers care they will just sell to the highest bidder that's all that matters.
sad state of football that as a United fan I'm faced with 3 potential owners of the club going forwards; the Glazers who are money grabbing scumbags with no care for the club, Ratcliffe who has a very dodgy record to say the least and is another money/debt man with awful politics, or Qatari sportswashing, it's basically pick your poison sadly, I dream of a day when clubs can be owned by their fans, sadly I think it's further off than ever.
sadly it's the future of football at the top. I support one of your rivals and expect them to go down the same dark route.
Sad state of the premier league... Not football.
It's like asking to choose which type of stage 4 cancer do you want
"Do you want stage 4 lung cancer, stage 4 pancreatic cancer or stage 4 colon cancer?"
@iceman yeah football is in a sad state
Start the ManU fans hedge fund and buy back the club
No one does a deep dive better than Alfie. And just the right amount of sarcasm as always. Top class!!
I'm gonna put in another request for a hypothetical starting XI for the East African Federation, a proposed federation (big surprise there) of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. None of them are exactly what you'd call powerhouse footballing nations, with the exception of the DRC, but with plenty of players from those nationalities in the French and German leagues there's bound to be some diamonds in the rough. I did actually send Alfie a Twitter DM detailing my own attempt at an EAF first team, complete with a kit design and a subs bench, but since that didn't get a response I can only assume it got lost in the post. It's not like he'd ignore an unsolicited private message about putting together a national football team for a country that doesn't exist, right? Right?
This is day 3 of the streak. I intend to go for as long as I can until Alfie either makes the video or tells me to bugger off. I'm sure you have your own opinions about which is more likely. =]
This is a great idea!
This is quickly becoming my favorite football channel on YT. Great work!
your reports keep getting better lad. cheers
Amazing investigative journalism Alfie!! Brilliant work
Hey Alfie, can you do a video on the rise of the Japan national team?
One of the best video by HITC sevens.
Great video mate.
Alfie single handedly keeping hitc alive
Great exposing for the qatari proposed deal...you nail it ..100% ..well.done
Nothing is quite like a morning history lesson from Alfie
Another great video, thank you Alfie. Can you make a video about every big name playing who played in Qatar (similar to the one that you've made about the CSL)
Lmao posting "another great video" 5 minutes after it's posted
@@sebastianhorl716 fr
Playing the devil's advocate... he could be referring to the topic of the video.
Nontent
Appreciate that video Alfie. Great as always. Much as I want to see the back of the Glaziers, maybe a partial purchase would be best, if they were willing to gradually sell shares / fractions of shares to the general public (fans). INEOS would still have majority ownership, but it's a starting point at least.
You are one of the greatest reporters of our era.
a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now.
The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore.
How they were very close to moving to ireland
How they went up the English football leagues.
It would be a good documentary video if you can do this. #thepeopleschannel
playing this while i study for a pharmacology exam😴 ty alfie
Another great watch
Some of these Qatari names are absolutely crazy. Props to Alfie for making this clear and understandable
They sure love their bin's.
@@soundscape26 Bin means 'son of' and they don't have surnames in the Arab world so it's your first name followed by your father's name.
@@areebsiddiqui758 Thanks for that. I know that many Arab countries names have surnames so you could say this feature relates more to the Gulf monarchies?
@@soundscape26 Well, a lot of common folk follow this convention as well. Sometimes they'll attach the name of the founder of the family, basically the OG dude at the beginning of the family tree. And it's "Bin't" for daughters.
@@areebsiddiqui758 Thanks!
Oilchester City Vs Gaschester United here we go
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes starts playing in the most appropriate way possible.
"Working for the black gas."
Got one for ya. Could you do a video on Wigan athletic. what happened with the Stanley choi debacle and the new owners
Just getting this out there early - anyone who thinks Alfie isn't also researching Ratcliffe and INEOS hasn't been paying attention to this channel.
Oh, never mind - he's literally already made it and links it in the video, I just hadn't seen it. bUt WhAt AbOuT rAtClIfFe crew in shambles
Who's Ratcliffe
@@micayahritchie7158 Sir Jim Ratcliffe is the owner of INEOS who own OGC Nice. One of the wealthiest men in Britain. He's a shady guy tbh, but at least we know who he is unlike the Qatari prospectors
Both are rubbish but with SJR we already get how he gonna run United judging on his handling of Nice so fuck it I'll take the billion dollar oil mongers
from simple sevens to some of the best football journalism there is
Your final words are very important and most fans all over the world and especially in England should not be quiet about this!
Not that there aren't other clubs that are already doing worrying and not fair things like PSG and City it would be indeed ugly if Man Utd became state owned.
PS: I'm not even a Utd fan.
That classic phrase that contains the words, 'frying', 'pan' and 'fire' comes to mind here. 🤔
Planning to update after the Nice video? Or I guess that last section implies there are no updates on that last one?
As a lifelong man United fan I hate the thought that we could be one of another in a series of state owned clubs who want to cover up their horrific human rights records with sports washing! Football fans we should want better
Yup, i can only think whoever is rich enough to buy Manchester united doesn't have the fans in mind
Human rights record?? Yall enslaved half the world, I know it was ages ago, but yall was cool owning millions of people. Now that y'all getting teabagged, it must feel weird huh??
@@sylvestermutuku5654 yes that was terrible but that doesn’t make what Qatar are doing ok surely? If you’re saying anyone in a country that has previously committed atrocities can’t criticise any other countries for doing the same no one could say anything and we just allow these things to continue unchallenged and these terrible people remain in power
We need new ownership no doubt, but I will admit I feel extremely uncomfortable with the idea of us being used as a weapon used to justify human rights abuses.
Do you really know about ineos and Jim ratcliffe, you know that the Saudi royal own a significant amount of ineos and have invested over 2billion into the company, but know one talks about it because you have a Manchester born, Chelsea season ticket holder for over 10 years, but he is apparently a fan. So with ineos technically we will be bought indirectly by Saudi Arabia, if I had to choose between 1b debt with ineos and Jim(and Saudi Arabia from the background) or Qatar with no debt plus all investments into infrastructure. Both are sports washing but I would choose Qatar
Will you be boycotting the USA World Cup then, since we are moral crusaders and want to bring politics into football, because by every metric the United States are the worst offenders of human rights in human history, or is fine for you from you place of moral superiority to ignore all the evidence because it is a white western country, so at the end of the day is it really about human rights or you don’t want foreigners
Sadly no billionare is rich without human rights and often slavery. From Saudi royals to Elon musk to Peter lim(valencia owner) to Qataris to Jeff bezos etc etc. Built on huge Human rights violations and slavery, there no such thing as a good billionare!
@@GggG-tb1mxI never said anything about Ratcliffe. Honestly, I hate INEOS and Ratcliffe for greenwashing. If you were trying to use this as a "gotcha" moment, then I am sorry to disappoint.
Yeah as much as I haven't enjoyed the glazer ownership I'm not exactly thrilled at the people who want to purchase united from them.
To be honest, I suggest us to be careful with Asian owners or Asian countries trying to become UEFA member. These oil-rich Sheikhs from Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, plus the once lavish-spending Chinese, Singaporean and Thai owners, spend more times buying footballers to bring influence from and for their autocratic leaders. Kazakhstan's UEFA membership is also entirely ingenuine, it is rooted from the desire of looting money rather than contributing to football. That's what we must remember before wondering if the Arab Sheikhs really want to buy a club.
Soccer Saturday in the UK.....
Day 1: 7 greatest substitutions ever made
Bro, he's already done that video. Seriously.
alfie what a smash n grab this is! down with the tories!
Hi alfie
Can you make a video on wtf happen to Liverpool??
Is it my new headphones or has Alfie started shouting again like back in 2018? Love the Wasp and Caterpillar reference though.
This is like a history lesson 🤣.
Not sure if you have done a video but could you do a video about manchester united and how they are in the shit
These names are impossible to distinguish from one another ... So many Bins 😆😅
The Whole of the Sports & Entertainment Industry is going Oil Money Crazy ….
The WWE will soon be Saudi Owned too and I’ll be Officially Checked Out ….. 🤦🏿♂️. ⚽️
Which is your club
Is vince dead?
Switch to AEW. Much better.
@@kieronparr3403 Its complicated.
@@NostalgiNorden smart
isn't that the guy Hidan from Akatsuki was obsessed with?
0:00 - 0:11 , perfect analogy 😂😂😂, some parasitic Alien infestation vibe.
@26:00 where is the link you talked about?
Funny how everytime I stumble upon your video, I remember why I stopped watching top division football.
This is a fantastic video. Thank you. How any Utd fan can want this takeover is beyond me.
We want Qatari. Cry somewhere else. Everyone has had a bad generations of history dating back to centuries.
@@limabrynt9945 If you watched this video and you still want Qatari investment then I feel sorry for you.
They won't care has long old Trafford is fixed and they start winning titles
lol English football fans have no integrity and would bend over backwards for any rich investor, even if they were paying with blood money
@@SpankyG90 Sad but true
Is it just me or are Alfie’s recent videos just adverts linking to previously made HITC Sevens videos 😂
Tbh it works for Alfie tho, since those shoutouts to other videos sorta function like Wikipedia hyperlinks
You should do a video on Countries that have never produced a Champion from the National Capital
A fit and proper person ...
To me I'm just waiting till the ink dries on the closing sale.
premier league is getting more and more boring to me ... a place where some rich guys play football manager 2023 in real life ...
With owners like these who needs enemies. Ownership in the age of oligarchs, who needs it for long?
As a United fan, I really hope that Sir Jim’s bid comes through over the Qatar bid. Leaving out the massive social issues raised, their galacticos strategy with PSG has failed extravagantly through multiple record breaking contracts and signings. They clearly don’t know how to properly run a successful club and the premier league can’t be dominated the same way ligue 1 can.
I would agree with you in case they didn't put their statement out.
The reports are saying that they do not want to spend ridicilous amounts of money and sign galacticos.
Their form focus is youth while also there are major concerns with Sir Jim and what he is going to do with the debt.
@@user-pf5en2df1ididn't they say that the debt will transferred to eneos, his company?
Sjr buy manu with debt. Same with glazer fam
At least PSG is still consistently winning every Ligue 1 titles. Look at Sir Jim’s Nice, they’re now a mid-table side
@@Magtf_hikaroo PSG's operating budget is orders of magnitude higher than every other club in Ligue 1. They shouldn't even struggle to Ligue 1 titles. Nice has always been a mid-table club.
23:29 that sunburn though
Proper Brexit tan
If a quatari actually takes over ManU it will break my heart. I’ve been supporting this club all my life, but I can’t support a club which is just used for sports washing. And the worst part is that most people probably won’t think the same way as me, they just care about ManU staying competitive. Heartbreaking what happened to this beautiful sport altogether since the last 2 decades
Utd fan of 35 years. I'm absolutely disgusted that this bid hasn't been widely condemned by the fanbase.
Time to start a Manu fans hedge fund and buy back the Club
now agels here condeming qatar due to the misinformation they have been fed with by lunatics like the one who made this video and other english biased media.Its racism we know.We all saw BBC refuse to cover opening ceremony of world cup,but it didnt stop it infact it was the best.Ratcliff too is involved with sportswashing but cant be condemned?how,,,brits standing on a high moral ground when in 2003 its britain who attacked iran and killed alot of people yet no one talks of human rights thing,or brcause they are arabs.No wonder britain is on the decline due to such people
@@piuskithinji7313 Good thing the UK government isn't trying to buy Utd then. I'd be vehemently against that too fyi.
There's the supporter ran club called F.C.United of Manchester that is ran by the fan who walked out when Glazers took over in the early 2000s, maybe you can support that team instead 👏
Ive been saying this same thing since the day it wqs announced. A sham to own psg and united. But everyone wants to make it an argument over human rights and completely ignore the elephant in the room that its the qatari state owning psg and united
Dripping in horse piss 😂. Loving your work Alfie
As a Portsmouth fan this reminds me of Ali Al faraj
Is this not worse than the “funnelling” funds through shell sponsors city are accused of. Basically using a shell to buy the whole club
The comments section is going to be pretty entertaining for this one!
All i want is someone to wipe those damn debt, the only issue is that there are not many that can and would
How many dead migrant workers would be acceptable to wipe out the debt? How many human rights would you deny for money? Since that’s all you want, I’m just curious what your line is. 6,000+ innocent murdered migrant worker is still too few for you to care?
21:09 wait what? I didn't know that. Hang on, now we need a video Leibzig and Salzburg both being in UEFA competitions. How did that happen?
Edit: OK but you mentioned it after I commented, but I still don't really get it
So, what renovations does Old Trafford require?
Everything. Ceiling leaks water, facilities are ancient, concrete is crumbling, everything is dirty
@@machiel5888 Thank you for commenting.
And forgive me. I should have replied much earlier.
23:00 lol!
The thumbnail is clickbait even if the title isn't, Alfie.
In depth studying I can finally reveal the full name of the bidder…
‘Jassim Bin Hamad Al Jim Bin Ineos Al Thani’ 😂
Funnily enough, an evil precedent was set when the fa allowed city to be bought by a state. Made the playing field unbelievable hard and force other clubs to choose that route of investment
It's too late for fan-owned clubs in this world after being bled dry and trying to be sustainable with our own revenues.
This entire discourse is futile. We didn want the Glazers and they got the club. They can sell whoever they want to and we have no choice.
His Arabic pronunciations are too funny 😂😂at least he tried
F*cking stupid names. How many names does one person need
but if he was a non-English speaker pronouncing English words you wouldn't laugh
@@collapsiblechair9112 the heck are you on about
@@collapsiblechair9112 yes I still would 😂
@@bababababababa6124 at least you're honest and consistent
They are 19th in the world's 50 most valuable sports franchises worth 4.6b according to Forbes
Activision worth $69 billion seems crazy by comparison.
This will not stop Qatar from owning Man United. Thank you
You only have to look at his face to know he is a FM regen
Video idea: do you still consider Lionel Messi one of the greatest ever players now that we know that at least 2 of his league titles, the 2009 Champions League and several of his Ballon d'Ors were the direct result of Barcelona paying off referees?
IIRC, there are 3 important games for Barcelona that are actually fixed:
1.Barcelona vs Chelsea in 2nd leg semifinal back in 2009 (where Chelsea failed to appeal for potential penalty decision four times that resulted in Didier Drogba making his iconic rant).
2.Barcelona vs Arsenal in 2nd leg R16 back in 2011 (where Van Persie was red carded, even though he actually committed a time wasting foul).
3.Barcelona vs PSG in 2nd leg R16 back in 2017 (where two penalties that allowed Barca to mount an iconic remontada were awarded, even though there was no clear foul).
What are you talking about ? Is this some actual major news that I have somehow missed ?
Or are you just another Messi hater that hopes he will somehow be stripped of some of his achievements ?
TL ; DR - is this official ? Is there even an investigation or something like that, to give it some legitimacy ?
@@anonymususer1728 Barca are being investigated for $1.5 million euros of payments made to the vice president of La Liga's referee committee between 2016 and 2018. During that time they conceded 0 penalties and received 35 or so. The referee board member in question admitted on air that he "worked exclusively for Barcelona". You can find several sources with a quick google.
Also I strongly recommend you watch any one of the multitude of videos regarding Barcelona's Champions League semi-final against Chelsea. Search "Disgrace of the sport" for the one I think was the best example
sounds like ManUs new owners are pretty nice people
How will it take over a billion to renovate OT? We could build a new stadium for that
Most modern stadiums have very little "stadium" in it. I would assume that Old Trafford's renovation would involve its surrounding area as well due to the fact that the stadium has not been renovated since 2006. Hence y it might cost £1 billion and £2 billion if they go the new stadium route
It's easier to tear something down and start from scratch than have to work around a used structure for years
as a Utd fan who cares about human rights, of which there seem to not be many with how many back state ownership, I am incredibly concerned by the prospect of being owned, essentially, by Qatar.
That’s why we need the Super League
@@primevanchis we don't need that either. We need fans to be back in control
@@Oakeedokee7 guess who owns Real Madrid and Barca?Why do you think that these clubs are pushing so hard for the Super League?
English person talks about human rights lol
@@alialidrissi4163 Why?
As a United fan. I absolutely hate the position we are in. Glazers somehow getting a 7fold return on investment after mismanaging us for almost 2 decades leading to only the worst of the worst shit owners having any possibility to buy the club.
That’s capitalism for you. Rich people fail upwards while poor people slave away for nothing.
Why does he look like Süle 😂
There is another solution to the conflict of interest issue that Qatar would have in relation to Manchester United & PSG, fold Paris Saint Germain into Manchester United itself.
After all, why have 2 teams (that Qatar owns) that are aiming to win the Champions League...when you can have 1 "super-team" try and do that instead?
Of course should such a thing actually happen, there will certainly be riots on the streets of Paris...
It's me Austin it's me all along
'm hsultely hammrrred fom tht pictreee
Vlassis Tsakas has entered the chat.
Don’t want him or his buddies anywhere near the club.
Yeah this is Astro-turfed
As a united fan I don’t want this sort of owner and would much prefer Ratcliffe. We don’t need external investment from owner we just need to be allowed to keep what we generate
Well, as long as old poor English boy continued his good form and even led the club to win the first silverware since Jose Mourinho's Double in 2017, it will be a good time for the new ownership to perform a takeover.
In 2003, Chelsea qualified for the Champions League and Roman Abramovich conquered the English football with huge spending that produced 5 Premier Leagues and 2 European Cups.
To be honest i was all for it and maybe a bit blinded by it due to the years of pain under the glazers but these guys are sketchy 😂
Do you really know about ineos and Jim ratcliffe, you know that the Saudi royal own a significant amount of ineos and have invested over 2billion into the company, but know one talks about it because you have a Manchester born, Chelsea season ticket holder for over 10 years, but he is apparently a fan. So with ineos technically we will be bought indirectly by Saudi Arabia, if I had to choose between 1b debt with ineos and Jim(and Saudi Arabia from the background) or Qatar with no debt plus all investments into infrastructure. Both are sports washing but I would choose Qatar
Why can’t West Ham get a new owner too 😢 we suck now
At least your owners invest in the club
Hope Mike Ashley buys your club. Everyone is so ungrateful of their club owners then complain that football is being ruined by money
Sheikh Jissm?
Sorry for the juvenile joke🤣🤣🤣
Shame on the English fans. They sold the soul of football.
Premier League ruined world football
as an Arab,
you saying all the names is music to my ears 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Day 396: Indonesia XI If All Eligible Players Had Declared For Them.
Nobody cares still, just make the list yourself
Well, it was not the Indonesia video you wanted, but you might have to make do with the depressing one for a while.
We just got an Indonesia video what more do you want
I believe in you! He’ll have to make it eventually if you keep going!
@Arzhi Azis
Typical Indonesian. SMH. 😑
The irony of Man Utd's recent success this year is that the Glzers have maybe decided they don't want to sell the club after all hahahahaha!!! this is such a touch of Karma. if only the club stunk a little while longer, they might have sold it.
Why are you not covering Barcelona's referee scandal? That's more interesting than this topic. From 2003-2018 they were bribing the refs, ALL the titles won during that period should be revoked, Messi's titles should be revoked, his Ballon d'or should be revoked !
On an unrelated note, this video reminded me i promised to pick up a Shawn Michaels wrestling figure for my little boy.
Ok