Manchester United, the giant that (does not have) a price

If Egypt put the Pyramids up for sale, how much would they ask for? How much would the Eiffel Tower cost? What about the Brooklyn Bridge? And Machu Picchu? At that point we should put Manchester United that despite being listed on the London and New York Stock Exchanges and shaking the market every time the game of buying and selling begins, it should not have a price even if Forbes has calculated it at 4,600 million. dollars and the owner of the club, Malcolm Glazer, and his sons valued it 4 billion. United is the living history of the ball game, a world heritage site of football. It has no owner, really. We are all somewhat masters of their lineage. Maybe only Real Madrid depends on him. And, in an endless discussion, there would be no sure agreement on adding more clubs.

United is the team that has won the most titles in England with 20 championships or Premier League, depending on the denomination, since the 1990s, but have not achieved it since 2012-13. These are shallow water times, just a photo, from a film started 144 years ago when it was founded on March 5th 1878 by the cargo and maintenance workers of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company under the name of Newton Heat LYR and the colors green and yellow.

Twice it was broken. The first was saved by the brewer John Davis and a group of players who in 1902 re-founded the club and gave it its current name and colors. Then by James Gibson, who dealt with the aftermath of the Wall Street disaster. During the Second World War its Trafford stadium was destroyed twice by German bombing. And there it is, now the Theater of Dreams. He lost eight players when the plane carrying the team crashed in Munich. A young Bobby Charlton was rescued and coach Matt Busby rebuilt everything. Up to the shield. He decided to nickname United the Red Devils and added the figure of Lucifer on the crest, which held the ship at the top. With Busby on the bench and Charlton on the pitch, United were the first English side to win the European Cup in 1968. The following is better known.

United play for Liverpool today. Starring the UK’s greatest classic, a football imitation of the old antagonism between the two cities. The Manchester Manufactory and the Port of Liverpool. It also has other bitter rivals: City, with which the city is divided, Arsenal, for the more modern cross between the styles of Ferguson and Wenger, and with its northern neighbor, Leeds, for more ancient reasons, so much so. which refer to The War of the Roses. United, identified with Lancashire, they used the red rose in their emblems]; Leeds, the white one for having been identified with Yorkshire.

Elon Musk said a few weeks ago that he would buy United. Then he said it was a joke. A funny moss. Jim Ratcliffe, another British businessman, along with an investment group has transcended his interest in owning the club. It didn’t help Just in case, the Glazers announced the $ 4 billion. They would hardly reach Argentina’s net reserves, calculated at 5,000 million for United to pass into the hands of the natives. Another joke.

United will have an owner on paper and in their profits, but they don’t belong to anyone. Or it belongs to everyone. It is the club with the most followers in Southeast Asia, the one with the most followers on Twitter and marks the economic path when they close contracts with sponsors and televisions. Even the football market. In this season that has just begun, he has spent $ 144 million for Casemiro, Lisandro Martinez and Tyrell Malacia and could reach 600 if he completes the insertions of Antony, Ajax, Gakpo, PSV, and De Jong, of Barcelona. All Dutch. The hand of DT Ten Hag is seen. Of course, he doesn’t know what to do with Cristiano Ronaldo, who he made great before selling him to Real and taking him to Juventus. CR7 is uncomfortable. He does not understand.

He surprised in this market by snatching Casemiro from Madrid. He hit him on the waterline and destroyed the trio with Modric and Kroos, the basis of the achievements of the last Champions League. He has put up 70 million, the highest figure ever for a player over 30.

In the days of club-states, such as the city of the Emirates or PSG of Qatar, United is a lineage. Incunabula as a Shakespeare original, a collective creation beyond British borders. It has an owner but it doesn’t belong to him. Sooner or later it will regain its brilliance. Thanks football fans. You just have to be patient