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Well, being from Tampa Bay myself, we get to hear quite a bit about him. I know he's a very shrewd business man, obviously, and doesn't think twice about changing the team if it means making them more successful. I don't think he's very much liked by the fans, however, for just that reason. He cut our beloved John Lynch (#47) because he felt he was getting too old and would be a liability to the game eventually but many fans didn't want that. He didn't do it in a very nice way either, even after Lynch had devoted his life to his team for MANY years. So....will he create a successful team? yes...will the fans like him? Doubtful...it's all about the $$$ with him and his family. By the way, have you seen a photo of him? He rivals Bill Gates in the good looks department. :)
He's not wanted at United, he knows nothing about football and is only interested in making money as he knows the club generates money.
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Here are twenty things you didn’t know about the reclusive US billionaire Malcolm Glazer (photo right), who is trying to buy Manchester United.
1. Loadsamoney. 75-year old Glazer is estimated by Forbes magazine to be the 244th richest person in the US Though his wealth is listed at around a billion, what the real figure is remains shrouded in secrecy.
2. Buccaneering. Glazer bought the struggling American football team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1995 for $192m, after it had notched up a long strong of losses both financial and on the pitch. His first act was to fire the manager. In 2003, the Buccaneers won the Superbowl to crown their improved fortunes.
3. Manchester, prepare! Glazer goes for the jugular. When he offered to buy the Buccaneers, he promised the Tampa authorities he would go halves on a new stadium with them. After getting control, he backed out of the deal, and gave Tampa two years to build it themselves or he would move the team to a city that would. Tampa caved in, and city taxpayers are still paying a half cent sales tax to fund the stadium’s construction.
4. No slow coach. Though he wouldn’t buy the stadium, he has spent plenty on players. He even broke the record for poaching a coach, paying Oakland Raiders $8m for Jon Gruden. Gruden helped the Buccaneers to its Superbowl win in his first season.
5. Tough love. Glazer doesn’t just play hard in the business world. He even fought his five sisters through the courts over the contents of his mother Hannah’s will.
6. Bought on tick.Despite the name, Glazer didn’t begin his rags to riches saga installing windows. He took over his father’s watch-parts shop in Rochester, New York in 1943 at age 15, following the death of his father Abraham. At that time he had just $300 to his name. One of the few quotations attributed to this very private man was on his father’s death which he said was “probably the most tragic thing in my life. But it was good in one way. It made me a man”.
7. Miniature for Sport? The bespectacled Glazer is very short and sports a ginger beard. To the Buccaneers’ fans he is known as the leprechaun.
8. The Bush connection.Glazer owns a company, Zapata Corporation, that was started by the father of US president George W. Bush. While George H. W Bush began Zapata as an oil and gas outfit, Glazer sidetracked it into fish protein, Caribbean supermarkets and sausage skins. Yuck.
9. V-twin spin. Before his interest turned to the world’s richest soccer club, Glazer tried to buy other glamorous firms. In 1989 he tried to buy the ultra-cool motorcycle company Harley-Davidson.
10. Naff. But he also made an equally unsuccessful attempt to buy the company that makes Formica, the outdated 1950s-style table and worktop material in 1988.
11. My first train set. Glazer’s first attempt at a takeover was in 1984 when he tried to buy the bankrupt US Conrail system. He offered $7.6bn, though he only actually had $100m of his own. Attempt to raise the difference eventually failed.
12. Part of a US tradition. Malcolm Glazer’s family were orthodox Jewish immigrants from the Baltic republic of Lithuania. His father was said to be a deserter from the Russian Army before travelling to the US.
13. Shop till you drop. Glazer made his mega-bucks in banking, nursing homes and real estate, mainly in the Florida area. Allied Corporation, the family property firm, owns shopping centres in 15 US states.
14. Jet set commute. Glazer travels by private jet from his £16m Palm Beach home to Tampa for every home game of the Buccaneers.
15. Scoring boom. The Tampa stadium has a $3m replica pirate ship that fires its cannons every time the Buccaneers score.
16. All in the family. Glazer's two soccer-fanatic sons Avram and Joel are leading the bid. There is no history of their father having an interest in soccer.
17. Official investigation. The US Securities and Exchange Commission, the powerful watchdog that oversees Wall Street, is probing allegations that Glazer’s family artificially boosted the market values of two family-controlled companies which may have been used as collateral for bid finance
18. Dogged. Glazer was taken to court by tenants at one of the residential caravan parks that he owns in New York state after he started charging each household £2 a month per child and £3.50 per dog.
19. Rats. The Buccaneers travel 80 miles to a training ground because their existing Tampa training facilities, which Glazer has yet to renew despite promises, are infested with rats.
20. Corporate raider. Many of Glazer’s attempt to buy companies seem to have failed. However, buying the company approached may not have been the objective. By raising the share prices of the companies he approaches, he has often been able to offload his shares at a profit. If his record is anything to go by, this is what he may do at Man Utd.
by isay on Fri Feb 25, 05 10:34am
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he sounds perfect for man u.
If he puts in an appearence in your fair town, hold up a sign inviting him to bite your shiny metal a$$. The man made my s__t-list when he told Tony Dungy (head coach of the Bucsa couple of years back), upon his team making the playoffs, that he had to either get the team to the Super Bowl, or he was out of a job. Then, as if that kind of pressure wasn't enough, he (Glazer) and his brother proceeded to fly Bill parcells into town to "look the place over", an act akin to your boss bringing in someone, possibly to replace you, and having him look over your shoulder as you work. No-class individual. The skid that the Bucs have ridden since is, in my eyes, Biblical retribution.
Lynch devoted his life to the team for many years? Nope lol, he used to play with Denver....but I'll let it slide lol.
UNITED NOT 4 $ALE
i'm no united fan but selling it to some businessman seems crazy and i feel annoyed for man u fans.
Thanks everyone for commenting on my ballot. I hope the Man Utd fans from Kent to Wales can see off this Glazer person.
SOLD Trafford!
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