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Sir Jim Ratcliffe Completes 25% Investment in Man United for NYSE:MANU by DEXWireNews
2023-05-15 Wrinkle Brain Plays - In the style of someone who won a beauty contest years ago and still wears the banner everywhere they go
Final sale of Manchester United might run to June - report (NYSE:MANU)
Manchester United bidders gathering for second phase of possible sale (NYSE:MANU)
Feb. 27 Pre-market Movers Board: Opera jumped 9% premarket after Q4 adj EPS and sales beats estimate
Anyone holding $MANU? I’m hoping the news the Saudi’s are paying pay off.
Manchester United rises 11% on report Qataris readying bid of £5B (NYSE:MANU)
Manchester United stock surges premarket on reports Qatar bid close (NYSE:MANU)
ITM MANU Calls w/ 3.17 exp - Club likely to sell beforehand
$MANU gonna gamma today-monday? Wtf
Anyone follow this unusual activity with $MANU today?
The Glazer Family, owners of soccer club Manchester United ticker symbol MANU:NYSE, have recently announced they are looking to sell.
The Glazer Family, owners of soccer club Manchester United ticker symbol MANU:NYSE, have recently announced they are looking to sell.
The Glazer Family, owners of soccer club Manchester United ticker symbol MANU:NYSE, have recently announced they are looking to sell the club. Early reports say a valuation of at least GBP 5Bn up to GBP 9Bn. The current market cap is USD 2.4Bn (USD 2.02Bn). Links below
Manchester United stock analysis and valuation - Great way to become a millionaire
Trade Idea: Long $MANU $14/15 Sept and Oct Calls
Trade Idea: Long $MANU amidst acquisition interest
$MANU YOLO Bought 12K worth of Shares and 176 calls
Elon Musk jokingly said he was buying Manchester United (MANU) yesterday. Two days ago, someone bought MANU for 450k in $14 calls, a 3500% increase in volume and x100+ of its monthly volume in one day. Do you think that was just coincidental or was it a planned joke?
Elon Musk has jokingly said he is buying Manchester United (MANU) yesterday. Two days ago, someone bought MANU worth 450k in $14 calls expiring 31 days a 3500% increase in volume. Do you think that was just coincidental or was it a planned joke?
Musk's tweet about buying Manchester United no joke for fed-up fans
Elon Musk says he is buying #MANU @TWITTER
Stocks you own because you’re a fan of the company?
Cristiano Ronaldo assaulted an autistic kid. Ronaldo is going to go to jail, and MANU will crash.
The Long Term Smart Money is Buying Professional Sports Teams
Angry Manchester United NYSE:MANU fans vs. Greedy Club Owners
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$MANU is such a short. This club is get to be relegated next year.
lololo,, forget about in the money there are MANU rum call sellers who were counting their money at the close . 8/9/10 etc on monday, they will be licking 1000's of dollars of wound
is MANU a good long term buy?
let's hope my MANU puts hold or increase already up %28
Put on MANU. Getting killed by Spurs.
This is generally right. Sports teams are possibly more like high end art as an investment than they are like a normal business. I can't speak for MANU specifically, but in the U.S. there are often ways that the owners benefit financially from owning a team that will not show up on the company books. For instance, they might own most of the parking near the stadium but privately or in a separate entity. In a publicly traded company like MANU that doesn't help shareholders any but it does mean that owning the team is more valuable to a buyer than simply being able to show off.
>So, you might ask: What is the value of a company that is not profitable, operates in a competitive field, and even success is temporary? The answer will likely be $0. Uh....dude, you value them the way you normally do (and, no, don't use GAAP-based Net Income.....saw you flagged a bunch of non-cash expenses that can generally be ignored during a valuation exercise....) -- [by looking at historic actual operating cash flow and EBITDA values + consensus broker estimates on the next two years worth of cash flows](https://imgur.com/a/bfTVtzZ). >5.0 There is no value? >So, is there no value? Is one of the biggest clubs in the world worthless? For a company the generates $100mm to $200mm in organic cash flow per year? Yeah, I'd say there's a good bit of value in there. This fact is further backed up when looking at MANU's [trading multiples](https://imgur.com/a/z8jmVd1) which all are in a fairly reasonable range of ~18.0x - 13.0x on an Firm Value / EBITDA basis and ~17.0x - 8.0x on a Market Cap / OCF basis..... >I’d argue that Manchester United, like other sports clubs, aren’t valued, as there’s no significant positive free cash flow. Instead, they are being priced. They are in the same group as Pokemon cards, antiques, and art paintings. The beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Except, the beholders are billionaires, and they’re likely going through a checklist. I think this line of logic is flawed since (a) we've shown that MANU **does** consistently generate cash flow (no, cash flow =/= accrual income) and aren't valued based on greater-fool or bag holder theory like non-cash yielding "investments" like Pokemon cards, Beanie Babies, Crypto, etc.....
i feel strong that it will probably keep going down this week but 2nd week the time my contract will expire itll bounce back up enough to get me close to 0 profit margin even with that court hit they have. I will hold but probably buy another call for December 20th because earnings will be November and if they aren't bad ill have a month for it to recover before December And of course i didn't trade for that one and only reason i just said why i looked into it i saw that MANU has had a very bad track record that i could use and so far i am up 42% with that put order and it is expect that they will not hit the earnings and if they do just barely which will not sit right with other investors so i think it has potential to keep heading down especially with all the news and more looking into that i have seen a change of leadership that was not very accepted by people was the biggest reason i thought i would definitely go down this week on top of all the already bad news that was around this stock
You can buy calls on MANU and it’s essentially the same thing
> i currently hold a 109 call for NVDIA i am down 30% from todays drop only because i bought them yesterday becuase i thought it was end of the drop should i sell next trading day and wait for it to drop lower and buy it again there the contract i bout expires 9/20 i could also just wait it out and see if it gets more favorable. You know your trade plan better than any of us. Presumably your plan was based on a forecast. Do you still believe in the forecast? If you have high confidence the position will recover and hit your profit target, hold. If you have lost confidence, close for a loss ASAP, recover what capital you can, redeploy that capital on a trade with better prospects. In either case, have no regrets about your decision, even if in hindsight it looks like a mistake (like you decided to hold and it went down even further). Hindsight is the enemy of good trading mindset. As long as you always make the best fact-based decision possible, with as little influence of irrational emotion as possible, there's nothing to regret. Nobody can predict the future, so kicking yourself for failing to predict the future is futile. > I also saw that people hated the MANU That's not a very good reason to make a trade.
i currently hold a 109 call for NVDIA i am down 30% from todays drop only because i bought them yesterday becuase i thought it was end of the drop should i sell next trading day and wait for it to drop lower and buy it again there the contract i bout expires 9/20 i could also just wait it out and see if it gets more favorable. I also saw that people hated the MANU so i bought a put for 16.5 for .50 i have 2 of those nothing crazy but i bought it because people said its trash and usually when earnings come around which next week will be earnings for the MANU they like to flucuate up and now and MANU isnt expecting good earnings but also its only like couple bucks in there to learn how to do it but am i looking at these options the wrong way i know how the market tends to wanna move when earnings show up usually all stocks have a drop a week before the earns are announced and if it does good they go up and if bad down
MANU earnings on 9/11. coincidence? I think not. it's gonna explode. and not in a good way. puts it is. finished club. you're welcome for the dd and free money bois
I wonder what will happen with MANU. Closed it last week for a hefty 30% profit.
MANU  who would even buy that 
Don't get caught...MANU earnings are fairly meaningless compared to a more typical company. Their real value comes from being a trophy asset so if they make it lose a few million a quarter nobody really pays attention. The data we get from ER is good for gauging long-term value trends but doesn't usually move the needle in a big way up or down.
Not long term play. Bought some MANU (yes the sports team) some two months ago. Sold it last week with some 20% gain in two months. Nothing life changing. Just thought the stock was cheap and the fans are crazy and it paid off.
You can buy shares in Manchester United football club; MANU
Buying MANU options. Combining gambling streams. Just need twin spires to trade horses on the stock market.
I know I might be a little late to the table with this, but just realized some sports teams are apparently publicly traded, and you can trade options. Gambling on gambling. I mean seriously imagine trading options based on how well MANU is playing during a match. I hope this is as much fun as I am hoping.
Ugh Ellison buys a handful of shares at premium…sounds like MANU…cmon Sony
Luckily I’ve had a good year but missed out on a couple bangers where I sold too early breaking even instead of taking $100k plus. I’m riding this one for a bit, in for about $20k. Docu and save had to have been rough. I think I lost about $80k last year playing MANU rumors. Recovered plenty of that thankfully but I 100% understand the pain.
In that case, buy MANU, the one who benefits most from Arse's decline.
So, about these MANU 20c I have, does Ratcliffe price get me anywhere?
Fucked around and bought a Manchester United MANU call option for this week. lol. $5. Like a little scratch ticket baby
MANU in Dec: Sells shares to new investor at 30 per share while trading at 20 MANU in March: -40% 
Yeah from an MM pov. But the MM isn’t the one that’s making the initial buy/sell. They’re just providing liquidity. Late 2022 an absurd amount of OI opened up on MANU calls. If you had flow it would have said the OI was BTO bc it will tell you the price paid vs spread (so it makes an educated guess). Whether you make a bet on that is irrelevant. I’m just saying there’s additional data compared to what most brokers will give you. That same evening Musk tweets something dumb like he’s buying Manchester. So obviously those long calls printed. If you didn’t have flow you would be guessing if someone bto/sto bullish or bearish. Flow straight up said this dude was weirdly bullish on an options chain that generally doesn’t see volume.
Companies and influencers pump a stock up. That's why you should trust your own gut instinct or look at the company data yourself. I follow the trends ovee what tje media portray. There are few good sources out there. I like www.wyominginvestor.com/news For instance, MANU (listed on NYSE) not one of these investment media gurus have mentioned this stock let alone stocks outside the US which have done awesome! It's up over 56% in 4 weeks with a tender offer on the table. Yet Wyoming Investor has mentioned it!
I wouldn't say they are actionable news but certainly trends. I made 56% profit on their advice on buying MANU. www.wyominginvestor.com/news
Can anyone explain MANU? He’s buying at 33???!!!!
Now I see why the put premiums were so expensive for MANU. The option chain made no sense earlier this week.
I think so. Admittedly, I’m not an expert on this. However, I bought some on Schwab about 5 days ago at $19. Was able to tender them at $33 offer on the corporate actions part of the website. Have until Feb 12. This is the second tranche of MANU I have bought and tendered. I’ll know in a few weeks whether the tender goes through.
Yeah dont waste your money in MANU. Shit barely react to anything.
Think I will, thanks for the reminder. Could use a replacement leisure ticker to take the place of my former $MANU stake, now that Ratcliffe finally consummated his deal last weekend. Going long $BOWL for a medium-sized gamble. *The Dude abuydes*
Why $MANU is not going up ?
Where can I find information about when the market will halt for $MANU?
YOLO into MANU calls after hearing the Jim Ratcliffe news ?
MANU stock rally on heels of their weekend’s [stellar acrobatic reverse scissor goal](https://youtu.be/qgmhQZzoy1s?si=8iOZcMy3oPee24S6). Bears scrambling to unload their Jan 2024 $20p position: Volume 2560 on the contract already today
Sports ownership trading update: * $MANU 25% minority sale [possibly getting held up](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/11/20/john-murtough-director-manchester-united-sir-jim-ratcliffe/) * May not be an announcement until next week or later * IV spiking up on uncertainty. Am opting to trade selling $MANU $20p CSP Jan 2024 for $2.79 through $2.63. * For valuation, my understanding is that [Ratcliffe is paying $33/share](https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/manchester-united-nears-33-per-share-stake-deal-with-ratcliffe-sky-news-2023-11-17/) for stake
How long would it have taken Jim to get to 10% vs 25% if he had just started buying a Million MANU a week at 18? What is the extra 15 dollars a share getting him immediately?
I wonder if the MANU news is bullshit this time or if they will actually sell 25% for 33 dollars a share. Probably bs like always.. but might as well buy some just in case
Ha, agree 100% restaurants are brutal cutthroat, high failure rate, tough margins for anything other than big-name quick service, thus a tough investment For sports teams when I joke about my side-gig as a part-time sports team owner, it’s just by trading in the few publically traded choices like FWONK, MSGS, BATRK, EDR, MANU. I reckon sovereign wealth funds enjoy blue-chip sports franchises since are a pretty resilient places to park diversified capital to pace/exceed inflation. I did play WWE for years but they got bought out and delisted, so just the remaining tickers
$MANU on NYSE It was pumped because everyone thought quataris are buying, but it turns out they don't. I could go into nuances for hours, but effectively, the shares on NYSE are worth what they've been worth for the last 10 years on average, if not less. Not much of a dividends to keep, not much in upside to the team with large lackluster squad in the world of clubs that have infinite budget. It was trading at 12.5$ before the sale romours started so I expect MANU to bleed at least to 15$ in next months, probably lower if someone wants to play it greedy.
Picked a nice time to open my [GDX lemonade stand](https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbetsOGs/comments/17aa08o/what_are_your_moves_tomorrow_october_18_2023/k5crcta/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1&context=3) Only extra purchase today is MANU, adding to buying more yesterday. Thesis of Ratcliffe getting 25% for $1.5B gives a $6B price for whole club. Glazer family hold 69%, had their board meeting yesterday. Ratcliff is a credible buyer for full club someday
MANU recovery V in progress after Qatar yanked their bid Friday
MANU long, buy out candidate, 85% upside.
MANU down 18% after owners take team off the market. I had no interest in investing in them just look what happened against Arsenal Sunday lol.
Anyone looking at Manchester United (MANU) stock? Potential 6B takeover rumours soon
$MANU August 11 $23.5 calls 👀
Got my $MANU lottery ticket this morning. Now I wait for Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani to find £7 billion in his couch cushions. https://preview.redd.it/kr5kvecllbeb1.png?width=1683&format=png&auto=webp&s=a5b28fcb1f9bddace556389bfd0b07330d8d1a33
Bullish on MANU since Glazers will be selling the club
MANU long. Figure between here and start of EPL season is the window for a sale of company after eight months of dicking around, Glazers would be stupid not to sell at this point after paying investment bankers this long. Sheik Jassim of Qatar offered 5B pounds so about $38-39 per share using 165M share count and current exchange rate is upside on a $23 stock.
Amendola lu lu buttu, male u thongu!! STE ROID STE ROID! HLA MANU BUTT THONGU RIIIIISE TREN RISE!!!!!! Did it work? 
Trades this AM: * Increased RIVN shares and added some $15c lottos amusement for tomorrow * Profit taken on third of short NKE $100p weeklies, rest riding through ER tonight * Opened KBE * Increased IWM * Increased JETS * Profit taken to close MANU after this week’s guidance bump and wait for rentery lull
I want to play MANU earnings. If only the spreads on MANU are not utter shit…
Who is the degenerate who 1300+ 28C's for MANU expiring tomorrow at 0.05? That is kinda crazy. If they announced a deal or exclusivity tonight, this person gonna be swimming in cash.
Is MANU gonna moon if they enter exclusive talks with the Qatari group?
Everyone hop onto man united, lets ride it to the moon! !banbet MANU $30 4d
I fucking hate MANU, not sure how relevant that info is for you, but it's no harm to hear differing view points.
All good! Can’t play every game. * The MANU play might now merit watching in the days ahead * If look at week chart, can see where news first broke, followed by a quick fade when no deal confirmed, giving a nice dip buying opportunity before the Reuters more credible story today. * If deal not done by Friday, price may ease from momentum traders closing so not holding through weekend. If so, I will likely increase my stake if it fades like it did in the day after the news brokerumors came out, then faded into a dip, before now the more credible sources.
Ok who is buying MANU
October 2022, I was watching MANU for long time entry position and then got distracted by successfully betting against the whole market based on the religion of the overlayer. By the time I got back to thinking about entries in MANU, it had done its first crazy jump and I noped out of playing long on something that had already jumped crazy. Oops. That's 2 missed boats
* My new life as a partial sports team owner is off to a bang * This AM, MANU up 8% and a trade halt after [Reuters story of Qatar takeover talks](https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/manchester-united-negotiating-exclusivity-with-qatars-sheikh-jassim-6-bln-plus-2023-06-15/) * Positions here: shares, plus $20 Sept short puts
* An NHL hockey team, Ottawa Senators, [just sold for $1B](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/13/nhls-ottawa-senators-ink-deal-with-michael-andlauer-for-record-price.html). * Was purchased in Aug 2003 for $92M, giving a 1080% return in 20 years, versus approximately 523% total return S&P 500 over same period I bought stakes in: * $MSGS (New York Basketball/Hockey) * $MANU (UK Soccer) Up next, I think I'll round out my sports stable by opening stakes in: * $BATRA Liberty Media (Atlanta Braves Baseball [planning to spin it off the team stock](https://boardroom.tv/atlanta-braves-go-public-liberty-media/). Also owns Formula 1, Sirius, and a 30% Live Nation stake) * $EDR Endeavor Group (UFC, and now WWE)
* An NHL hockey team, Ottawa Senators, [just sold for $1B](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/13/nhls-ottawa-senators-ink-deal-with-michael-andlauer-for-record-price.html). * Was purchased in Aug 2003 for $92M, giving a 1080% return in 20 years, versus approximately 523% total return S&P 500 over same period Bought stakes in MSGS, and MANU. Any other major sports team trade as stocks?
What a month. Hope y’all OGs are making some bank. Increased stakes here, and reasons: * UWMC: Rate pause * RKT: Future refi markets. Jan24 short puts $10. Printed hard today. Doubled down selling more puts * NVTA: Rate pause, useful product for moms * MSGS: I’ll never be wealthy enough to buy an NBA or hockey team but can get a slice, in focus after MANU rumor * MANU: On the dip after takeover rumor spike. It is a decent buy for someone like a sovereign nation, not as good of deal as WWE was but alas * UPST: Rate pause * SAVA: Ahead of CMS results sometime in next few months * SWK: Beaten-down industrial, divvy
Bruh wtf is going on with MANU
What's happening with MANU?
Anyone here on $MANU? I've got 6k at a 19.07 average, seems like a pretty clear make double or lose a third play. Surprised I haven't seen much on the ticker.
$MANU The Glazer family has decided to sell to Sheikh Jassim Coming from Darcie Glazer account. That was going around. Can’t confirm yet. $35 valuation allegedly.
$ MANU $35 plus bid coming. Glaser stake being finally sold.
What happens to Manchester United stock (MANU) if there is only a partial buyout? They are saying deal will be in the $4.5 - 6B range. A full sale would be great because the stock would go up 1.5-2x (and position would get closed out) but what happens if there is a partial buyout?
I love this. Which means MANU, with 100% certainty, will tank within 2 weeks.
>INEOS OUTBIDS QATARI RIVALS IN BATTLE TO BUY MANCHESTER UNITED CLUB - TIMES $MANU ^\*Walter ^Bloomberg ^[@DeItaone](http://twitter.com/DeItaone) ^at ^2023-04-29 ^11:52:26 ^EDT-0400
Nothing about sharks man. It’s simply the market priced in the deal when it was able to. This is pretty standard stuff if you’ve traded for awhile. That’s how I called it nearly to a T. If this was rumor or news of a bid, yeah there would be cash to be made if a acquisition occurred. But there’s always risk. That what KSS went through a year or two ago. Rumor of offers for the company and the share price shot up to the 60s. But it didn’t materialize or was never accepted and the price has drilled since. You can look at MANU currently. Owners are accepting bids since putting the team up for sale last Nov. price has traded significantly higher since then but no where near what supposed bids are. If it were it’d be trading around $30-35, but it’s at $20 since there’s risk the owners don’t sell. If they get the price they want it should be around $40/share. But again, it’s high r/r.
I’m very comfortable ;) If I get assigned, I will own MANU with a cost basis of $17.99. It’s trading at $19.52 now. To the person who suggested buying calls instead, this is why I don’t buy calls.
A lot of MANU fans own MANU shares, just as a sign of honour. They don't expect to make any money out of it. I suspect that ferrari stock have its own fans of this kind aswell.
You already have a bet going - MANU to 23.69 before 28-Apr-2023 10:19 AM -05
**Ban Bet Created:** **/u/SleazyAsshole** bet **MANU** goes from **22.36** to **23.69** before **28-Apr-2023 11:19 AM EDT** Their record is 23 wins and 16 losses.