Friday, May 13, 2005
Glazer fallout
The British media, predictably, is going apeshit over Malcolm Glazer's seizure of Man United.
A sampling of some of the coverage:
A sampling of some of the coverage:
- Sir Alex may retire (the stock story everytime anything of import happens at Old Trafford)
- Glazer's "not the disease but an extremely unedifying symptom," says the Independent's James Lawton
- "Glazer is a predator that all of English football must resist. This man will damage our national game," says the Telegraph's Henry Winter
- Amusingly, the Tampa Bay Bucs have turned into a crystal ball of sorts for Man U analysts
- In what is the odds on favorite for biggest-move-to-come for Glazer, the EPL's existing TV deal could be attacked to drum up new funds
- Red Devil supporters will likely have to pay more out of pocket in the future, while facing what the BBC calls other "nightmare" scenarios
