Chapter 496 The American Conspiracy

After leaving Manchester, Ryan returned to London and sat in the Hilton Hotel, staring at his prey coldly with the team sent by Scott, while the 'Red Football' company he established for this acquisition, quietly Absorb Manchester United shares from the market.

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In 1999, under the recommendation of Alex Ferguson, the two Irish horse racing tycoons Magniel and McManus began to acquire Manchester United, and soon became the club's number one shareholder. It shows the ruthless side of capitalism.

Conflicts between them and Alex Ferguson are growing. In order to suppress Ferguson's status in the club and to ensure their own investment, they raised 99 questions, pointing directly at various questions about Ferguson and Manchester United's management, and even got the head coach involved. black gold scandal.

In fact, just like Hollywood, black gold is a well-known unspoken rule in the football circle, and the most direct result of bringing these things to the table is that they have become public enemies from fans to clubs to the British football community.

As for the veracity of the black gold rumors, it is obviously not important anymore.

In fact, Magniel and McManus don't like football at all. The purpose of acquiring Manchester United's shares is very simple, just to make money. One minute game.

Although the acquisition of Manchester United also has other purposes, Ryan feels that he is more suitable for Manchester United than them, because he has at least watched the entire game at Old Trafford.

Inform them, be careful not to absorb more than 9.9% of the shares.

Because once the holding reaches 10%, information must be announced to the market, so Ryan has been controlling the shareholding below 9.9% during the period before investing in Manchester United. Also, how are the media preparations going?

As long as we need...

George flicked Taylor who was circling around him coolly, They will make the loudest objection.

Okay then, proceed as planned.

Ryan nodded, grabbed Taylor, and carried her into the music practice room regardless of the little girl's protests.

In fact, from the beginning of 2001,

Manchester United's stock price began to rise. At that time, Renmen only thought it was the result of the team's record. However, Ryan's foundation and several informed shareholders of Manchester United began to absorb the odd stocks in the market to increase their bargaining chips.

One can imagine the difficulty for an American to acquire one of England's most traditional and successful football clubs.

In the previous life, how much trouble did Abramovich take over Chelsea and the Glazer family's acquisition of Manchester United? How many twists and turns did it create?

Today's Premier League is not the Premier League a few years later, and the traditional forces are more conservative and stubborn.

Don't look at the British who have been clamoring that Ryan can have today's success. It is because of the long-term British education, but when it comes to the so-called traditional dignity of those guys who are sensitive and arrogant, they will definitely throw away all their previous remarks.

However, this is exactly what he wanted. If this acquisition can cause the entire UK and even North America to be disturbed, then it will be in his mind.

Aren't some people waiting for an opportunity, Ryan will give them the most suitable opportunity to make a move.

The conflict between Manchester United's management and the Irish was sharp, and Ryan's intervention made them realize that this was a good opportunity to fight the Irish. David Gill came to the Hilton Hotel in London several times, euphemistically encouraging Ryan to speed up the pace of the acquisition of Manchester United, the net worth of more than 15 billion US dollars on the Forbes rich list. became the source of their confidence.

We expect someone who really loves football to take control of the Manchester United club. This is what David Gill said in a meeting.

In May 2001, three days after Manchester United won the Premier League championship in advance, Ryan's Red Football company once again increased its holdings of Manchester United by more than 10%, and at the same time officially announced this information to the market.

The reaction of the market is quite calm. After all, this share does not even rank among the top three shareholders of Manchester United. It’s just that many people can’t figure out when this superstar, who has always been in the entertainment and media industry, became interested in football. up?

Well, a few years ago he sang The Cup of Life, which was one of the best football songs.

But after that? He doesn't seem to appear in football-related occasions anymore, right? Could it be...

Just one day later, the 'Red Football' company released information again, announcing that it had reached an agreement with the two Manchester United shareholders, McManus and Magniel, and bought 28.7% of their shares. The total price of the transaction reached 210 million pounds.

So far, Ryan has 38.8% of Manchester United shares in his hands, becoming the club's largest shareholder.

According to relevant laws and regulations, 30% is the approaching point of investing in listed companies. Once this figure is exceeded, the intention of acquisition must be indicated to shareholders.

Before the fan organization had time to react, they received even more shocking news that capital from the United States wanted to acquire Manchester United in its entirety!

The Kingdom of Great Britain has long since fallen. Although the British don't want to admit it, it is the world's most powerful country on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. This is the consensus of the whole world.

The discord between the British and the Americans is notorious, and the only capital they can be proud of in front of those country bumpkins is tradition.

Football is also one of the traditions of this country, and now there is an American who wants to buy Manchester United? Do they know how to play football?

Although the movie that the man wrote and starred in is very popular with them, movies and football are two different things!

When entertainment and football conflicted, Manchester United's hardcore fans chose football without hesitation.

In Manchester United's home game on the weekend, winning the championship early was no longer the theme of the stadium, and the slogans and slogans of rejecting Ryan Jenkins' acquisition and driving American capital out of Old Trafford became the loudest voice in the stadium.

Even Lineker, who served as a guest commentator, criticized Manchester United's approach, believing that it would lose the tradition of English football and bring a bad atmosphere to the Premier League. He even slammed Ryan, saying that he should return to Hollywood and London Filming continues on the set. As a layman, you should not get involved in professional football at will.

English football tradition?

Under such circumstances, Ryan would never go to the scene to watch the game. After hearing Lineker's words from the live TV broadcast, he couldn't help but think about the fine traditions of English football for a long time.

Alcoholism, fights, low professionalism, wives who play with teammates and friends, and the European Chinese team who lose the chain at critical moments, it seems that these are the fine traditions of English football, right?

After the arrival of another Monday, Fleet Street made the most violent reaction. The British media, represented by the Daily Mail, no longer cared about the so-called second hometown, and criticized this in an important page. Several of the newspapers also published more detailed content.

Ryan Jenkins is a movie star first and an investor second. He has never been from Manchester and never will be. His goal in investing in Manchester United is the same as investing in Yahoo. It is nothing more than profit. Come to think of it, when Yahoo was in crisis last year, he abandoned Yahoo without hesitation, what if Manchester United were in trouble? He bought Manchester United just to use the club for his speculation!

This is an article in a local newspaper in Manchester, and the Daily Mail, which 'digged' the exclusive news, even revealed many so-called inside stories.

As far as we know, Manchester United fans are in danger of being divided. Those younger fans, there are a large number of Ryan Jenkins fans. Maybe they think that with Ryan's net worth of tens of billions of dollars, buying Manchester United may not be possible. It is a bad thing, maybe after the acquisition, he will pay a large transfer fee to bring more stars to the club.

We want to remind these people that Ryan Jenkins is indeed rich, but ninety-nine percent of his net worth is equity and fixed assets. With Manchester United's net worth of more than 700 million pounds, he absolutely cannot spend such a large sum of money. A working capital.

This newspaper has received definite news that Ryan Jenkins can only spend 200 million pounds for this acquisition in the short term, and he is bound to adopt a leveraged acquisition strategy. Or other financial institutions raise and borrow enough funds for the acquisition, and after the acquisition, the income of the Manchester United Club is used to repay the debt, so that he can make a large profit with a small amount of money, but the Manchester United Club has to bear a huge amount of money from then on. Debt, if there is a slight increase in business, it will face the danger of bankruptcy!

Later, another newspaper published an article to prove that JPMorgan Chase Bank was raising funds for the acquisition of Ryan Jenkins, and then another newspaper revealed that a Wall Street company specializing in acquisitions, as a think tank, planned this leverage for Ryan Jenkins acquisition.

After these related reports appeared, the emotions of Manchester United fans were instantly ignited. There were various protests on the streets of Manchester. There will be no more fans in the stands, and they will never let Manchester United become a plaything and a money-making tool in his hands.

Not only Manchester United fans, but also many fans in London protested, and many even surrounded the Hilton Hotel, chanting protest slogans.

Compared with the loss of Manchester United's management, Houston, another major shareholder of Manchester United, said that he will work with other shareholders to stop the American conspiracy, We will be more united, and Ryan Jenkins will not succeed in his approach. (to be continued...) ()