03-03-2010, 07:29 PM
Manchester United chief executive David Gill has questioned the Red Knights' takeover bid after reiterating that the club is not for sale.
The Glazer family moved to deny reports earlier this week that they were prepared to sell their stake in United to the Red Knights.
The Red Knights, a group of wealthy fans, are targeting the Glazer family's debts as part of a potential takeover.
But Gills has stressed that the Glazers are not interested in selling up and are running the club in the right way.
"The owners are very long-term owners and have shown that with Tampa Bay which they took over in 1994-5," he said at the Soccerex conference in Manchester.
"They are not sellers, that's not saying people like these Red Knights can't come forward with some ideas.
"But there is no indication to mean that they want to sell and in that case they cannot buy the asset, it's not for sale.
"The Glazers have no wish to sell and from our perspective they are running the club in the right way."
Gill is not sure whether the Red Knights' plan would be workable but says it is not important anyway as the Glazers remain committed.
He added: "The Red Knights proposal, the idea of having 20, 30 or 40 very wealthy people running Manchester United, I don't know how it would work in practice.
"The better run clubs are where there is clear single decision-making and it's quick and efficient - Roman Abramovich at Chelsea, Sheikh Mansour at Manchester City, Silvio Berlusconi at AC Milan.
"Having a number of wealthy people involved - they will all want to be involved in decision-making.
"I'm not sure what their endgame is but the endgame is irrelevant.
"The vast majority of fans of Manchester United should be happy with what we are doing and staying at the top of domestic and world football."
Source: skysports.com
Once again; as much as I detest the Glazers and what they have done to the club I love, I have to agree with Gill. The solution of the RK is just not workable and they still leave the club in debt. There really is no quick fix.
I also see from latest e-mails from them, that they want 100k members signed up, who I believe, they will pressurise into not going to matches, renewing season tickets, etc. Good luck with that (he says sarcastically).
The Glazer family moved to deny reports earlier this week that they were prepared to sell their stake in United to the Red Knights.
The Red Knights, a group of wealthy fans, are targeting the Glazer family's debts as part of a potential takeover.
But Gills has stressed that the Glazers are not interested in selling up and are running the club in the right way.
"The owners are very long-term owners and have shown that with Tampa Bay which they took over in 1994-5," he said at the Soccerex conference in Manchester.
"They are not sellers, that's not saying people like these Red Knights can't come forward with some ideas.
"But there is no indication to mean that they want to sell and in that case they cannot buy the asset, it's not for sale.
"The Glazers have no wish to sell and from our perspective they are running the club in the right way."
Gill is not sure whether the Red Knights' plan would be workable but says it is not important anyway as the Glazers remain committed.
He added: "The Red Knights proposal, the idea of having 20, 30 or 40 very wealthy people running Manchester United, I don't know how it would work in practice.
"The better run clubs are where there is clear single decision-making and it's quick and efficient - Roman Abramovich at Chelsea, Sheikh Mansour at Manchester City, Silvio Berlusconi at AC Milan.
"Having a number of wealthy people involved - they will all want to be involved in decision-making.
"I'm not sure what their endgame is but the endgame is irrelevant.
"The vast majority of fans of Manchester United should be happy with what we are doing and staying at the top of domestic and world football."
Source: skysports.com
Once again; as much as I detest the Glazers and what they have done to the club I love, I have to agree with Gill. The solution of the RK is just not workable and they still leave the club in debt. There really is no quick fix.
I also see from latest e-mails from them, that they want 100k members signed up, who I believe, they will pressurise into not going to matches, renewing season tickets, etc. Good luck with that (he says sarcastically).