Chapter 628 Prejudice

In a hotel on the outskirts of Manchester, Jefferson once again met the Irish horse racing tycoon Magnier.

"Mike and I have close to 30% of Manchester United's shares. With these, you will take the absolute initiative in the acquisition." Manier is not only representing himself, but also his friend and long-term partner Mike Ma Nurse: "Manchester United is one of the most valuable football clubs in the world today."

Jefferson spoke in a low voice, but he was very forceful: "We are willing to pay a premium, 150 million pounds, and pay in cash in one lump sum."

Manier shook his head directly: "You are not the only ones who contacted me. Mr. Jefferson, do you know the price offered by the Abu Dhabi consortium? The first time they made an offer to me, they offered 170 million pounds."

Jefferson didn't answer, but stroked his beard and said, "Abu Dhabi consortium? Arabs."

Manier didn't understand the meaning of these words for a while, and said: "These Arab oil tycoons in the Middle East are very generous and sincere."

"Are you really going to sell your shares to the Arabs?" Jefferson asked suddenly, "Mr. Manier, the Abu Dhabi consortium is controlled by the Arabs!"

Manier's face changed slightly: "What do you mean by that?"

Jefferson put down his hand touching his beard, and strengthened his tone with gestures: "Didn't you see the reaction of the fans? Ronan Anderson, Tom Cruise and Will Smith are the three acquirers from the United States, allies of the United Kingdom. Countries, members of the English-speaking area, and close contacts with the United Kingdom have aroused strong opposition from Manchester United fans, let alone Arabs? You should know that those heretics are not welcome in the United Kingdom, and the entire Western world."

"It's just a business." Manier's face was not very good.

Jefferson continued to ask: "Mr. Manier, aren't you afraid that Manchester United fans will mail you bullets? Those fanatical fans can do anything!"

Manier thought of the various verbal attacks against him and McManus by Manchester United fans in the past two years. Although his skin was thick enough, his face was still a little pale at this moment.

Before Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea last year, if he sold his shares to people in the Western world, Manchester United fans would be very angry, and they should not do anything too outrageous.

But selling it to the demon-like Arabs created by the Western world will have unforeseen consequences.

British football hooligans go crazy and even beat their own players,

What about him, an Irishman?

Manier really has concerns, after all, the Abu Dhabi consortium is an Arab!

Jefferson stopped right, and said: "Mr. Magnier, Mr. Ronan Anderson, Mr. Tom Cruise and Mr. Will Smith are very sincere, and these three are world celebrities who pay attention to their image and reputation. Dealing with them , the risk is virtually non-existent."

Manier pondered for a while and said, "Let's stop here today. I still need to discuss the specific situation with Mike."

Jefferson didn't force it either: "I'll be waiting for your news anytime."

As soon as the news of the acquisition of Manchester United by the Abu Dhabi consortium broke out, it instantly detonated the entire UK.

Unlike the treatment of Ronan, Will Smith and Tom Cruise's joint acquisition of Manchester United, the media can be described as crazy.

Although Ronan's small group is not British, they are not strangers, especially Will Smith and Tom Cruise, who are very familiar to all British people.

In the newspaper office of the "Manchester Evening News", many reporters are preparing to write articles. Before writing articles, they will briefly exchange hot issues to determine their ideas and positions.

Editor-in-chief Johansen said: "The acquisition of Manchester United is a hot topic recently. What do you think?"

A middle-aged female reporter asked: "Is it your opinion on the acquirer from the United States and the Abu Dhabi consortium?"

"That's right." Johnson nodded lightly. In fact, he had already planned in his mind: "According to my understanding, many major shareholders of Manchester United have the intention of selling their shares for cash. Who is more suitable for Manchester United?"

Another grizzled reporter said: "It's better to stay the same."

When people get older, they tend to be conservative, and they always hope that the people and things around them will remain the same.

"This is impossible." The editor-in-chief of the sports page saw it more clearly: "The Football Association is vigorously promoting the further commercialization of the Premier League. It is difficult to support it with the funds of the British Isles alone. It is imperative to attract foreign investment like Chelsea."

The deputy editor-in-chief who had been silent all this time suddenly spoke up: "Ronan Anderson is a Hollywood movie entertainment tycoon with financial resources. Will Smith and Tom Cruise are world-renowned superstars and famous. You all know that, Manchester United’s largest shareholder actually doesn’t have much money, and Ronan Anderson, in terms of financial resources, strength and reputation, far surpasses Manier, McManus and others, so it may not be a bad thing for them to take over Manchester United.”

A young man interjected: "Is the Abu Dhabi consortium richer?"

"That's an Arab consortium!" The deputy editor-in-chief snorted coldly: "Do you really believe that the Arabs will be at ease when they buy Manchester United? If Manchester United becomes an Arab club, it won't take long, and the streets of Manchester will be full of Arabs." People, you dare to let your family and children take to the streets at will? If there is a terrorist inside, the whole of Manchester will have no peace in the future!"

The middle-aged female reporter echoed: "Arabs, it's terrible!"

Editor-in-chief Johansen set the tone: "We remain neutral on the acquisition team of Ronan Anderson, Tom Cruise and Will Smith. As for the Abu Dhabi consortium, who wants to see Manchester become the back garden of the Arabs ?”

The reporters, who were originally conflicted internally, were surprisingly unanimous this time and shook their heads almost at the same time.

In this era, many countries and regions, although they don’t say anything on the surface, still regard the Arabs as scourges in their hearts.

The new issue of "Manchester Evening News" focused on the news that the Abu Dhabi consortium intends to acquire Manchester United. Although no comments were made on this news, there was another report next to this news— —In the September 11 incident, the families of some British victims are still living in grief...

The "Manchester Evening News" is a big newspaper anyway, a little more reserved, but Fleet Street is much more direct.

Combining various factors, Fleet Street kept hyping up this topic, and newspapers like The Sun, which had no lower limit for three views, simply said that Arabs were not trustworthy.

The guiding and instigating role of the media shifted the attention of the fans to the Arabs.

After all, Arabs are more unacceptable to Manchester United fans than Americans.

Even compared with Arabs, knowing Americans seems more reassuring.

For a while, everyone's attention was attracted by the Abu Dhabi consortium.

Even the famous British football stars who were clamoring before stopped caring about Ronan and others, and turned to the Arabs.

The famous Bobby Charlton said through the "Manchester Evening News" that Manchester United does not need Arab money.

The old Redknapp said that the Premier League is a British-dominated event, and it is best not for Arabs to get involved.

The words of these celebrities undoubtedly gave great encouragement to the Manchester United fan organization. The shareholder alliance publicly stated that it would not make any deals with the Arabs.

In today's world, there will never be a lack of geographical protection, not to mention that the target is the Arabs who have been demonized by the Western world all the year round.

British football fans are conservative and crazy at the same time.

Some fans dug up information about the Abu Dhabi consortium and found the address of Sheikh Mansour, the person in charge of the consortium in the UK.

Under the guidance of caring people, a large number of Manchester United fans came to London and began to gather in front of the mansion of Sheikh Mansour.

To paraphrase football, the Arabs always play away games, and this away game has deep prejudices against them from the host to the audience to the officials.

On the other side, although it is not the home field, it can be regarded as more than half of the home field.

In the Arab world, Mansour has ten thousand ways to win Manchester United and kill his competitors.

Standing behind the balcony window, Mansour watched the growing number of fans in the distance, all wearing Manchester United jerseys and holding various tools of protest.

"Arabs get out of England!"

"Don't let your dirty hands stain the sacred football!"

"Murderer! Executioner!"

"Go away, Manchester United does not belong to you!"

After all, this is a rich area. The police rushed to maintain order, but the fans were restrained. Apart from holding up various protest signs, they did not go too far.

It's just that the slogan is very glaring, stinging the nerves of every Arab in the mansion.

"Manchester wants football, not terrorist attacks!"

"The UK should ban entry completely!"

These protests from Manchester United fans truly reflect the deep prejudice against Arabs in this country and the people.

Mansoor watched the growing number of protest signs, expressionless on his swarthy face.

"Do you want to put pressure on Downing Street?" The fat man asked in a low voice, "Let the British government disperse these people?"

Mansour shook his head slowly: "I thought that there would be public criticism, but I didn't expect it to be so serious. Has the UAE ever targeted the British?"

Fatty didn't make a sound, it's not easy to answer such words.

"I have thought before that the acquisition of Manchester United requires more than money." Mansour is more like talking to himself: "Now it seems that this idea is correct."

The fat man answered, "I think there may be someone pushing this matter further." He glanced at Mansour: "How about I contact the media? Do some public relations?"

Mansour nodded and said, "Go ahead and try to reverse the direction of public opinion as much as possible."

The fat man knew it was difficult, but no matter how difficult it was, he had to do it.

There were hundreds of fans gathered outside the mansion. Mansur thought of what he had encountered in the Western world over the years, and whispered softly: The Abu Dhabi consortium made a 100% effort, but it was no match for one of their bombs!

Those lunatics only need to detonate a bomb, and the efforts of the Abu Dhabi consortium can be wasted for a long time.

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