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In the hotel, Tom Cruise, who had just arrived, saw Ronan and Will Smith, and immediately asked, I heard that a strong competitor is coming.

Will Smith said in a very exaggerated tone: A super consortium with assets exceeding trillions.

Tom Cruise sighed: In those countries, dollars are flowing underground.

Ronan shrugged and said, What can be done in a country where oil is cheaper than water?

We can't compare money. Tom Cruise asked: We can overwhelm the Abu Dhabi consortium.

Ronan smiled: Tom, this is England, not the Middle East.

Will Smith answered: The residence of Sheikh Mansour of the Abu Dhabi consortium in London is being mobbed by Manchester United fans in protest.

Tom Cruise nodded slightly: It seems that you have done a lot of work?

Ronan said, Tomorrow we have an exclusive interview with Will.

Will-Smith said: Don't worry, it's easy for us to deal with these.

How to win the support of public opinion and how to please the public are the basic skills for celebrities to settle down.

Tom Cruise said again: Before I came, I met David in Los Angeles. Seeing Ronan and Will Smith puzzled, he quickly explained: As for David Beckham, the former Manchester United Home star.

Ronan nodded slightly: You said last time that the Beckhams are going to Los Angeles.

Will Smith asked curiously: David Beckham is not at Manchester United?

Last year, I had a conflict with the head coach and transferred. Tom Cruise said simply: Currently playing in Real Madrid in Spain.

He said to Ronan: Do you want David to stand up and say a few words? He has a great influence among Manchester United fans.

No need. Ronan directly vetoed: Although there is a reason for Beckham's return, but among the die-hard Manchester United fans, he still has the image of a traitor.

The famous flying boot door,

Let Beckham and Ferguson turn against each other. Originally, fans generally sympathized with Beckham, but Beckham's hot girl wife stirred up troubles and quickly exhausted Beckham's sympathy points.

To be honest, whether the players support it is secondary. Manchester United has one and only one king at the competitive level, and that is Ferguson.

Now, he has already enlisted the support of Ferguson.

Tom Cruise added: If you need me to do something, just say it.

Ronan waved his hand: I'll just wait and see, this is not our war.

With half the advantage of the home court, Ronan dared to fight with the rich and powerful Abu Dhabi consortium.

If placed in the social and environmental situation five or six years later, he would have retreated without a fight.

News about the Abu Dhabi consortium and Manchester United quickly spread across Europe, attracting more media coverage.

To Ronan's surprise, a French-Arab journalist published an article on Le Figaro, which brought a divine assist.

I don't understand why a normal business operation of the Abu Dhabi consortium has attracted such dissatisfaction from the British? Are the Arabs poor boys who can't stand on the stage? The so-called adherence to tradition is just that they are jealous and immersed in Just an excuse from the past.

The British have nothing left but ridiculous traditions.

Hey Britons, wake up from the glory of the British Empire...

This report was like a spark that fell into the huge powder keg of Fleet Street and Manchester United fans and exploded directly.

Needless to say, the British media's fighting power and ability to smear, Manchester United fans were passionate, and the fans who besieged Mansour's mansion also went from standing still to protest and became uncontrollable.

Some fans started throwing debris at Sheikh Mansour's mansion.

With a leader, the British football hooligans are not easy to control.

At the same time, the FA was also under tremendous pressure. Many Manchester United fans came to the FA to petition and asked the FA to intervene.

Everything is going against the direction of the Abu Dhabi consortium.

Tom Cruise and Will Smith, meanwhile, were interviewed and made a series of big promises on TV, thanks to their huge popularity and a Brit who thought they were too bad. The extreme nouveau riche set off, and Anderson not to mention began to win the support of some Manchester United fans, but he was no longer so repelled.

Manchester, at a meeting of the main figures of the Shareholders' Union.

Can you accept an Arab from the Middle East as the owner of the team?

Milkins, who has a certain influence in the league, shouted: I can't accept it! Yes, the Arabs have contacted me and even offered me twice the market price for this share in my hand, but I don't accept it! I rejected them !I will not allow myself to hand over Manchester United to the Arabs!

Someone offered four times the market price for the shares in Milkins' hands, and Milkins would naturally not be moved by the double.

Milkins is a football fan and also the owner of a small supermarket. Recently, the supermarket has a problem with its cash flow and urgently needs funds.

After all, he is an adult with a family. Football can be his belief, but it is not the whole life.

There was a echo in the huge conference room.

Another small shareholder answered: I heard that some shareholders hook up with Arabs. Our shareholder alliance must show our attitude. The current situation is that major shareholders want to sell their shares at a good price. Among us A lot of people think the same way, and to be honest, I do too.

The more he said, the louder his voice: As far as I am concerned, it is better to sell the shares in my hands to the Americans than to the Arabs. Anyway, they also speak English. Will Smith and Tom Crewe Si is also trustworthy.

Milkins echoed: Now the club's largest shareholders are Manier and McManus. Apart from being busy with horse racing, these two people are taking the club's profits to invest in horses, and even dragging the team back. Such major shareholders , it’s better to change.”

Although these words are biased and provocative, they are all facts and have won the approval of most people.

Watkins, who holds the most shares in the shareholder coalition, just watched from the sidelines without saying a word.

As an investor, he is far less sensitive than fans. Manchester United's shares are commercial investments. Of course, who pays more and sells them to whom.

There are many people who have the same idea as him.

People in the shareholder alliance have more ideas and are no longer as consistent as before...

This temporary alliance is gradually disintegrating.

Although the Abu Dhabi consortium is trying to find a way to public relations to reverse the situation, the identity of the Arabs is a natural disadvantage that they cannot get rid of in a short time.

Manchester United fans frantically resisted, and Fleet Street attacked with full firepower. Everything is developing in a direction that is extremely unfavorable to the Abu Dhabi consortium.

Even Manier and McManus temporarily cut off contact with the Abu Dhabi consortium due to the huge pressure of public opinion.

Fans help themselves, the same scene happened to Manchester United a few years ago, but that time it was non-violent non-cooperation, but this time, the scene has gotten out of control.

The FA, which has been silent for a long time, finally spoke out, publicly stating that as the most famous and successful football club in the UK, shareholders should carefully consider the feelings of fans when transferring equity.

Last time, it was the FA who spoke out and terminated the bid for Manchester United by News Corporation and the Abu Dhabi consortium.

This time, due to the environment of the Premier League and the needs of commercialization, the FA's attitude is much softer than the previous one.

But Ronan's work was not in vain. Under the advice of his staff, William handed over the pot to the British business department.

Jefferson's team found out the conflicting clauses in the current law one by one and provided them to the Football Association, which made the British Ministry of Industry and Commerce finally stop the acquisition of Manchester United by the Abu Dhabi consortium on the grounds that it was against the public will. motion.

Arabs are very rich, but in the period of just over two years after the 9/11 incident, against a heavily prejudiced Western background, rich Arab local tyrants cannot do whatever they want.

The Abu Dhabi consortium had no choice but to withdraw, and the stock price of Manchester United, which had been rising all the way, also experienced a small shock. Ronan took advantage of the opportunity and bought the tradable shares in the secondary market again.

Subsequently, Jefferson settled Watkins, a well-known director of Manchester United and an important member of the shareholder alliance, as quickly as possible.

In this way, Anderson, which is an acquisition shell, already holds 24% of Manchester United's shares. If Manier and McManus are taken over, the shares will exceed 50%.

According to relevant British laws, anyone who acquires more than half of a company's shares can amend the company's charter and even have the power to dissolve the board of directors.

While Ronan mobilized his strength to buy Manchester United shares, Tom Cruise and Will Smith also continued to make high-profile appearances, doing everything possible to win the approval of Manchester United fans.

The strategy of using the Abu Dhabi consortium to mine thunder has obviously played a role. After having an extremely repulsive and bad potential acquirer, Manchester United fans are no longer as repulsive as before to the acquisition group that speaks English and has two public figures guaranteeing it. .

On the other hand, Jefferson's negotiations with Magnier and McManus have also made progress. After the Abu Dhabi consortium was forcibly withdrawn, Anderson \u0026 Co. purchased nearly 30% of the two for 170 million pounds. Manchester United shares.

So far, Anderson Company has completed the holding of Manchester United, and with other income, the holding immediately rose to 61% with an absolute advantage.

By this stage, Manchester United had changed hands.

Subsequently, Korver and Jefferson, on behalf of Anderson, submitted a formal general acquisition application to the London Stock Exchange.

Another major shareholder of Manchester United, the Scottish mining magnate Dobson decided to follow the crowd and sell his 6% stake in Manchester United to Anderson.

By the time the Ronan trio left London in early June, Anderson \u0026 Co. owned close to 75 per cent of Manchester United.

But if Manchester United wants to delist and become a privatized club, there is still a lot of work to do.

According to relevant British business regulations, as long as the holding reaches 90%, all Manchester United shares can be forcibly bought out, thereby realizing the privatization of the club.