[ENG] Premier League 2014/2015 (41 Viewers)

[Mister]

 

Buy on AliExpress.com

[Raz]

Good to see Chang is doing good.

 

[Fred]

Fuckin united

 

[ALC]

I need to buy some Chang beer. They gotta have it in the states.

 

[Fr3sh]

I need to buy some Chang beer. They gotta have it in the states.

They're not bad at all!

 

[ALC]

 

[jukazem]

Glazer Family to Sell 5 Percent of Manchester United

Manchester United (MANU) Plc’s majority shareholders, the U.S.-based Glazer family, announced plans to sell 8 million shares, or about 5% of the record 20-time English soccer champion, in a public offering.

Manchester United stock closed at $19.31 yesterday in New York, down 11 cents for the day. No price has been set for the shares being released. All the proceeds will go to Red Football LLC, the Glazers’ investment vehicle, and not to Manchester United, according to the news release.
At yesterday’s closing price, the sale of the 8 million shares would translate into about $150 million for the family.

The sale is being handled by Jefferies LLC, BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse Securities (CSSIFAB) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Nomura Securities International Inc. The underwriters have the option to purchase a further 1.2 million shares, according to a news release yesterday announcing the sale.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...-5-percent-of-soccer-s-manchester-united.html

some other extracts from the article...

The sale of the Class A shares would leave the Glazers with about 85 % of the club they purchased through a £790 million ($1.4 billion) leveraged buyout in 2005.
The 2005 buyout was financed through £374 million of bank loans and £275 million of notes sold to hedge funds.

Almost £700 million has been spent on servicing the club’s ownership-related debt since the takeover.

The Glazers raised $233 million after an initial public offering of 10 percent of the club on the New York Stock Exchange in 2012.

 

[Bianconero81]

Fuck United. Oh, and Chang Beer sucks

 

[Raz]

Fuck United. Oh, and Chang Beer sucks

Well I haven't tasted a really good asian beer compared to stuff we have here, but Chang was ok

 

[JuveJay]

Il nuovo Zidane, at last: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-28581181

 

[Bianconero81]

Well I haven't tasted a really good asian beer compared to stuff we have here, but Chang was ok

Some of the Japanese beers are pretty decent.

 

[JuveJay]

Kirin Ichiban and Asahi if you don't mind them a bit drier.

 

[Bianconero81]

What about Sapporo?

 

[JuveJay]

Funny northerners.

 

[Elvin]

Fuckin united

what do you think makes them this marketable?

 

[ZoSo]

Kirin Ichiban and Asahi if you don't mind them a bit drier.

Asahi

 

[Pablo]

They're not bad at all!

The one they serve at Goodison Park, is possibly the worst draft beer I have ever had, its terrible.

 

[Red]

what do you think makes them this marketable?

It's just that they happened to be winning at the point the EPL became the global thing that it is. Naturally people new to the league jumped on the team that was winning.

Man Utd have handled it well, but a lot of it is just down to the luck of happening to be strong at the right time.

If the EPL had gone global in the early 1980s, instead of the 90s, I'm sure Liverpool would have become very much like Man Utd are just now.

That said, I don't understand most sponsorship deals and how they can be judged to provide value for money.

Do you think DHL's business benefited hugely from them spending £10m per year to have their name on the Man Utd training kit?

 

[Elvin]

also the English language helps I guess.

 

[Raz]

Also always having some asian dude for marketing and giving him playing time in the team doesn't hurt.