In a hotel outside of Manchester, Jefferson once again meets Irish horse racing magnate Maunier.

"Mike and I have close to 30 percent of Manchester United, and with that, you're going to have the absolute initiative in the takeover. Maunier represents not only himself, but also his friend and long-time colleague McManus: "Manchester United is one of the most valuable football clubs in the world today. ”

Jefferson spoke in a low voice, but he said forcefully: "We are willing to buy it at a premium, £150 million, paid in cash in a lump sum." ”

Manier shook his head directly: "It's not just you who have contact with me. Mr. Jefferson, do you know the offer of the Abu Dhabi consortium? The first time they made an offer to me, they made a £170 million. ”

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

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

"Do you really want to sell your shares to the Arabs?" Jefferson suddenly asked: "Mr. Maniyeh, the Abu Dhabi consortium is controlled by the Arabs!"

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

Jefferson put down his bearded hand and strengthened his tone with a gesture: "Didn't you see the reaction of the fans? Ronan Anderson, Tom Cruise, and Will Smith are from the United States, the United Kingdom's allies, members of the Anglo-speaking Territory, and have close ties with the United Kingdom, all of which have aroused strong opposition from Manchester United fans, not to mention the Arabs? You should know that those pagans are not welcome in England, and even in the entire Western world. ”

"It's just business. "Maunier's face is not very good.

Jefferson continued: "Mr. Maunier, aren't you afraid that the Manchester United fans will mail you bullets?

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

With Roman Abramovich buying Chelsea last year, United fans would be furious if he sold his stake to someone in the Western world, and he shouldn't have done anything too out of the ordinary.

But the consequences of selling to the demons and monsters of the Arabs created by the Western world are unpredictable.

The football hooligan of England is crazy and even plays his own players, let alone him, an Irishman?

Maniye really had concerns, after all, the Abu Dhabi consortium was Arab!

Jefferson stopped and said, "Mr. Magnier, Mr. Ronan Anderson, Mr. Tom Cruise and Mr. Will Smith are very sincere, and these three are all world celebrities who value their image and credibility, and with them, the risk is almost non-existent. ”

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

Jefferson didn't insist, either: "I'm always waiting for your news." ”

As soon as the news of the Abu Dhabi consortium's acquisition of Manchester United broke, it instantly detonated the entire United Kingdom.

Unlike the joint takeover of Manchester United by Ronan, Will Smith and Tom Cruise, the media can be described as insane.

While Ronan's small group is not British, it is not strangers either, especially Will Smith and Tom Cruise, who are all too familiar to all Britons.

In the Manchester Evening News, many reporters are preparing to write articles, and before writing, they will briefly exchange information on hot issues to determine their ideas and positions.

Editor-in-chief Johansen said: "The Manchester United takeover is the latest hot topic, what do you think?"

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

"That's right. Johansen nodded slightly, in fact, he already had a calculation in his heart: "According to my understanding, many major shareholders of Manchester United have the intention of selling their shares to cash out, who is more suitable for Manchester United?"

Another gray-haired journalist 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 can remain the same.

"It can't be. The editor-in-chief of the sports edition saw it even more clearly: "The FA is pushing for further commercialisation of the Premier League, and it is difficult to rely on the funds of the British Isles alone, so it is imperative to attract foreign investment like Chelsea." ”

The deputy editor-in-chief, who had been silent, suddenly spoke at this time: "Ronan Anderson is a Hollywood movie entertainment tycoon with financial resources. Will Smith and Tom Cruise are world-renowned superstars with fame. As you all know, United's biggest shareholder doesn't actually have much money, and Ronan Anderson's three men far outweigh the likes of Mannier and McManus in terms of wealth, strength and fame, and their arrival at United is not necessarily a bad thing. ”

A young man chimed in: "The Abu Dhabi consortium is richer, right?"

"That's a consortium of Arabs!" The deputy editor-in-chief snorted coldly: "Do you really believe that the Arabs will be happy when they buy Manchester United? If Manchester United becomes an Arab club, it won't be too long before the streets of Manchester are full of Arabs, and you dare to let your family and children go out on the streets at will? If there is a terrorist inside, the whole of Manchester will not be at peace in the future!"

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

Editor-in-chief Johansen set the tone: "We're neutral on the takeover team of Ronan Anderson, Tom Cruise and Will Smith. As for the Abu Dhabi consortium, who wants to see Manchester turn into a backyard for the Arabs?"

The reporters, who were originally full of internal contradictions, were surprisingly unanimous this time, shaking their heads almost at the same time.

In this era, many countries and regions, although they do not say anything on the surface, still regard Arabs as beasts of prey in their hearts.

The new issue of the Manchester Evening News highlights the news of the Abu Dhabi consortium's intention to buy Manchester United, and although there is no comment in this news, there is another story next to this news - the families of some of the British who died in 911 are still grieving......

The Manchester Evening News is also a big newspaper, a little more subtle, and Fleet Street is much more direct.

Considering a number of factors, Fleet Street has been hyping up the topic incessantly, and newspapers like The Sun, which have no lower limits, simply say that Arabs cannot be trusted.

The media's guiding and inciting role shifted the attention of the fans to the Arabs.

After all, compared to the Americans, the Arabs are even more unacceptable to Manchester United fans.

Even compared to the Arabs, the Americans seem to be more reassuring.

For a moment, everyone's attention was drawn to the Abu Dhabi consortium.

Even the British football celebrities who were clamoring before no longer cared about Ronan and others, and turned to anger at the Arabs.

The famous Bobby Charlton spoke through the Manchester Evening News that Manchester United did not need money from the Arabs.

The elder Redknapp said that the Premier League is a British-dominated competition and that Arabs would do well not to get involved.

These words have undoubtedly given Manchester United supporters a huge encouragement, and the coalition of shareholders has publicly stated that it will not make any deals with the Arabs.

In today's world, there is never a shortage of geopolitical protection, not to mention the targeting of Arabs, who have been demonized by the Western world for many years.

Fans in the UK 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 head of the consortium in the UK.

Under the guidance of well-intentioned people, a large number of Manchester United fans came to London and began to gather in front of the mansion of Chief Mansour.

To paraphrase football parlance, the Arabs have always played away from home, and this away game has a deep prejudice against them, from the host to the spectators to the officials and so on.

On the other hand, although it is not the home field, it can be regarded as most of the home field.

In the Arab world, Mansour has 10,000 ways to take Manchester United and play to the death of his rivals.

Mansour stood behind the balcony window and watched the growing number of fans in the distance, all dressed in United shirts and armed with various tools of protest.

"Arabs get out of Britain!"

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

"Murderer!

"Fuck off, Manchester United don't belong to you!"

After all, this is a wealthy area, and the police quickly arrived to maintain order, but the fans were restrained, and there was no other over-the-top action other than holding up various protest slogans.

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

"Manchester wants football, not terrorists!"

"Britain should be completely banned from entry!"

These protests, which originated from Manchester United fans, are a true reflection of the deep stereotypes that the country and its people have towards the Arabs.

Mansour looked at the growing number of protest signs, his swarthy face devoid of any expression.

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

Mansour shook his head slowly: "I thought it would meet public opinion, but I didn't expect it to be so serious, have we in the UAE ever targeted the British?"

The fat man is silent, this kind of talk is not easy to answer.

"I thought before that buying Manchester United would take more than just money. Mansour was more like talking to himself: "Now it seems that this idea is correct." ”

The fat man answered: "I think there may be someone behind this matter to push again." He glanced at Mansour: "Why don't I contact the media and do some public relations?"

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

The fat man knows it's hard, but he has to do it no matter how hard it is.

Hundreds of fans gathered outside the mansion, and Mansour thought of what he had encountered in the Western world over the years, and muttered softly: The Abu Dhabi consortium has made a hundred percent efforts, but it is not worth one of their bombs!

Those lunatics only need to detonate a bomb to waste a long time of hard work by the Abu Dhabi consortium.

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