When Gaddafi Tried To Buy Manchester United
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Manchester United has long been one of the most sought after pieces of football real estate. Shortly before the Glazers took over in 2005 a middle eastern dictator by the name of Colonel Muammar “Mad Dog” Gaddafi came very close to purchasing United.
This is the story of Gaddafi’s failed attempt to take control of Manchester United, the motivation behind it, and his son’s passion for the game.
Written by James Montague.
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#MUFC #Gaddafi #ManchesterUnited
At least Gaddafi would have finalized the Sancho deal.
Yh, that guy got things done.
He dead mate
Lmao! Best comment ever!
And his son would be captain
@@KaboKeboletse better than slabhead
Imagine the scenes when the Americans assassinate the owner of United lmao
@@pelethehedgehog9444 hahaha 😂 your still a sheep bless you
Shu’aib Said hahahaha
John Ruddy smh hahaha
Honestly, at one point we could've had, in the top six of the Prem, a club with ties to Qatar Bank, one with ties to Brunei's Elite, and one with Libya's Government. This when Leicester is in the top six of course. And disregarding that Israeli-Russian oil mogul. Football looking like a War tablegame in England.
@@JohnKobaRuddy USA chants in old trafford
The title alone got me hooked.
Positive click bait
there is no way you can scroll past that and not click it
Yea
Same here bro
hehehehe guilty as charged 😃😃😃
The way this club is being run I thought Admiral General Aladeen had bought it.
Dude Aladeen would have made good decisions
lol supreme leader Aladeen
He would've made some Aladeen choices
Yes very Aladeen choices, i Aladeen with that, United wouldve been Aladeen by now!
Aladeen would be the Coach, Player and shoot everyone who scores against us
Damn. If gaddafi owned United rn, he would have shot Maguire after the spurs game
Hahaha lol
Lmao
He wouldn't sign Maguire at the first place
Haha true
😃 Lolz
Imagine football Twitter if this went through, UTDTrey would be like “no way Our owner has been executed more times than Arsenal have won the champions league 😭”
And UTDTrey still wouldn't have fed his kids😭
🤣🤣🤣
@@asifshahriar4503 "Our owner has been killed more times than I've feed my kids" 😭
😭😭
the absolute state lmfao
United fans would’ve taken bin Laden over the Glazers at this point...
id fucking take hitler glazers can do one
@@SoItGoes5 Yeah and pornstars are just actors trying to make their name in Hollywood.
@@iwantgoals1566 what point are you trying to make.
@@pinkpenzu I refuse to believe the Bin laden’s were just business men.
They already own shiefield united, search it.
'We want Gaddafi out! We want Gaddafi out!' *Bulldozes Old Trafford*
"All you stupid spectators have your stupid game" Me when talking to golf fans
Imagine seeing Gaddafi in the stands. scenes
it probably wouldve saved his life i doubt the americans wouldve tried to start anything with the owner of man united
Exactly half of Manchester would be up in arms and one tenth of the planet too
@@JohnKobaRuddy more than half
But it would’ve also destroyed our football club.
@@ryan_lmao 😂😂
@@ryan_lmao nope
Imagine the Manchester/Newcastle Gaddafi vs Bin Salman derby games if potential deals went through. You'd start an actual war
Imagine the Manchester United vs City derby it might start a war as well
yeah they both hate each other that would have been cool to watch.
Incoming “still better than the glazers” comments
That was a good one😂😂😂😂😂
I meannnnnn it’s true ain’t it
Are they wrong?
@@thebigquack6945 nope
@@thebigquack6945 Very much so
We were so close to Man united fans volunteering to fight for Libya to fund transfers I’m honestly disappointed
😂😂😂
Talking about Gaddafi and sports, I believe there is a cricket stadium named the 'Gaddafi Stadium'.
Yeah a cricket stadium
in Lahore, Pakistan
Yeah in Pakistan. He funded that stadium.
Gaddafi negotiating for Sancho : give me 108 million + Sancho or u won't see the sunrise again
The last time i was this early this story didn't originally appear on The Athletic
As awful and disturbing as Gaddafi was, to label his removal as an uprising is intellectually dishonest. It was quiet clearly NATO’s aerial bombardment (lobbied for by France) that destroyed much of Libya and Gaddafi. If you’re willing to read Wikileaks, read all of it.
It was an uprising with huge assistance from nato . But ultimately a Libyan caught him and killed him and his son
@Awab Sheikh if I nuke your house until its destroyed but you don't stop breathing until somebody else comes and shots you, you'd say I'm not involved in killing you? So it's ok to flame up a country as long as the leader doesn't die? Foolish. Doesn't matter who put the nail in the coffin, Gaddafi died because of a western crime.
@@RenegadeShepard69 majority of us Libyans wanted him gone dead retired whatever. In the end Libyans took him out with western assistance . And most of the destruction was done by Libyan to government fighting especially in places like misruata . Most people that comment on Libya don’t have a clue and see it through screens .
@@RenegadeShepard69 also irrelevant analogy. I mentioned in the first comment nato gave huge assistance .
@@awabsherif2922 a Libyan? Since when did Libyans lose there distinctive Libyan Arab accents?
Colonel Gaddafi over the Glazer family any day of the week!
He's dead bro
@@MrJayManUtd08 r/whoosh
Just to let u know he was worth 200b debt free and making handsome money on oil fields which he rightfully owned.
This is probably one of the best tifo videos I've seen
This channel tells stories about football I didn’t even know existed. And that’s why I love it
Still a better negotiator than Woodward. Pass it on.
Gaddafi once paid for a combined irish league team to tour libya, and they kind of implied to the Libyans people that this was the irish national team who was very good at the time
Still would've been better woodward
No, No it wouldn't. Our stadium would've been literally bulldozed to the ground if he was in charge
@@siphemanana2551 ever heard of a joke
@@siphemanana2551 plus we would be forced to deal with a family of human rights abusers
@Victor Joseph it was a joke though…
@@hamzealameddine8268 pretty shit joke, that about 100 other people on this thread have also made.
This has to be the weirdest story i have heard so far on Tifo football.
At these point even I would take Kim Jong Un over the Glazers
@@bakaweiner6956 he would've sent Maguire to the Firing squad
How does this channel not have millions of subscribers yet? This channel has quality content
I would have loved gadaffi United- red for the reds
Fun fact: Osama Bin Laden was an Arsenal fan
Hitler was a Chelsea fan. Obviously
@@tipperary1082 A Tottenham fan, surely?
Lenin was a Burnley fan
@@KindredBrujah He liked Tottenham's hatred of Jews but he loved Chelsea's hatred of everyone
Stalin supported Tottenham now I know why he was bitter all the times
awww poor Robert Maxwell. Hope his kids are doing alright.
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Incredible research. Awesome work! It felt like a movie in itself.
I’d take the devil on the patch over the glazers. one of the more interesting pieces from tifo. appreciated.
Ghathafi didn't just ban putting player's numbers on their shirts, during matches in the local league the commentator is banned from mentioning player names, just the shirt number!
Prove it
it would have been interesting to see what would happen oct 8th 2008: manchester united fans want gaddafi out oct 9th 2008: old trafford bulldozed
I love the ending. Thank you for speaking out on social and political issues that affect the game.
Is that Eric Andre or Gaddafi that they drew?
Both
Yes
this comment is underrated
ITS THE MUAMMAR AL-GADDAFI SHOW!!!!!
This is by far the craziest football story ever!
Gaddafi isnt the monster he is made out to be btw!
Exactly, bro! The west and their lies! Man wanted to make Africa the greatest continent, and had huge plans for Africans with the golden dinar creation, and thats the main reason the US-FRANCE killed him. After they call him a dictator. Libya is down the hill right now because of his absence. Too bad!
@@omolade6553 Yes, the West wont let Africa be independent cause thats where they can have power & control, they know Africa has everything we need we dont actually need them at all in fact they are the ones who need Africa! Hopefully the African people will see this soon & free themselves from the shackles of the West & Europeans!
fun fact: There was no illiteracy, and no homelessness in libya. Everyone had education and a roof over their head. Lots of oil. also one thing i know: 25000 yugoslavs were working in libya. 25k!!! And yugoslavia was amazing in the 80s, so you can imagine that libya was pretty good too since we had big economic ties. Libya was much greater than the west made it out to be
He was a monster but not as bad as the islamists
@@barca29np what a fucking bigoted statement... Dude, stop being ignorant. Islamists are not monsters. Islam just like most religion, is a religion of LOVE and PEACE. Unfortunately among them, there are extremists like Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, and the rest, all of whom Gaddafi was against and didnt agree with their view. There are extremists in all religions. Just like in christianity there are the KKK, ARMY OF GOD, e.t.c. While in BUDDHISM, there are BODU BALA SENA, BUDDHIST POWER FORCE, E.T.C. They exist in most religions, and not just Islam. But because the west and most european countries are so ANTI ISLAM, they never talk about the others. Only Muslims. And no, Gaddafi wasn't a monster. He wasn't perfect, but he did a lot of good for the world before he died. Especially for African people. And thats a fact.
4:12 Gadaffi with the TOP G vibes in full force😂💯
The best KZhead channel 🙏🏾♥️
What a crazy time that would've been
4:37 well thats a very nice analogy.
Thank you very much for this video, I've been following you for ages now. I am a Libyan, a Mancunian and obviously a United supporter. I just want to correct you on one thing, when the "donkey show" happened aimed at Gadafi's son, he actually bought in his personal guards onto the grounds, and they opened fire at the crowds, literally riddling the fans with bullets. Scores died that day. Nonetheless, everything you said about the Mad Dog's looney ideas is true!
Would have been a Better owner than the Glazer Family
Damn he kinda roasted us in his book
People seem to forget how big United actually are and let it slide with the Glazers.. with Uniteds revenue and commercial income they can spend nearly double what City spend without FFP restrictions.
Could you make a video about Jean Claude Suaudeau’s 94/95 Nantes team please!
Would still be a better owner than the Glazers
They lived like KINGS in Libya-I have bean there during the reign of Gaddafi - they killed Gaddafi and Saddam - because they wanted to create a international Bank with Irak/Monetary parity and change the oil price to EURO - that would have bean a big blow to the Americans.
Who are "they"?
@@Jon.Alexander /in In what currency is the oil traded???🤑
@@Jon.Alexander well Obama, Clinton, mitch McConnell. Men like John Bolton etc. Plus us in our countries that allows for our weapons to be used by dogs of war to fight in a country that did not attack us.
Shut up and enough of your lies Gaddafi was a brutal dictator and we did not live like kings
@@Libyansamurai7811 Doesn't mean the reason for helping overthrow him was altruistic from the USA though.
Can you do a video on Vladimir Romanov’s ownership of Hearts🙏🏾
If Gaddafi owned man united they would have never fell off
May you be forgiving And may your people live in peace
This is awesome writing.
Oh God, Gaddafi owning United would obviously be wild, but could you imagine the shitstorm if Robert Maxwell managed to buy the club? We'd be getting so many photos of the Class of 92 at some party with his daughter Ghislaine and her American friend Jeffrey.
And do not forget many’s a footballer would gladly go knowing what a trip to jeffreys island entails. Also try telling Eminem fans that he’s been to that island TWICE after everyone knew who Jeffrey Epstein was they have a fit
@@JohnKobaRuddy blud’s bring up eminem and
I gotta say I love the new videos, but i miss the white-background style illustrations And also those alternative arts styles, like the one used in "the night andres iniesta made sense"
Could you do a video on the EUROPEAN premier/super league
Most informative football channel
It would be interesting to speculate about how United would have looked had McManus and Magnier remained as owners.
EA FIFA 05 stats for 31 year old Al Saadi Gheddafi: overall/potential 75/84. Pretty good! For example, Liverpool legends, 24 year old Dirk Kuyt and 23 year old Peter Crouch, were rated 67/82 and 70/83, and some more established players, such as, Cristiano Zanetti and Hasan Salihamidzic had ratings of 70/86 and 76/85.
Lmfao Gadaffi went in on us fans. I'm gonna go lie down.
1:26 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
i swear this can be a movie
Long live Gadaffi ! I salute you Sir.
Alfie from HITC will be gutted you got to this one before him!
@4:30 truth. It’s that simple. It’s a game that does a grand job of making a lot of people inactive in all other activities especially politics.
It really isn't but even if it was, I admire football's admittance in that it is in fact a game. Politics generally doesnt seem to do that even though it absolutely is a game. As someone who follows the complexities of both, Gaddafi is far from the truth tbh.
What are you going to do with your life? Survive it?
@@Mats-Hansen no we all die which it would seem to me most people are deluded into thinking won’t happen to them
@@andresayabproject it really is! Football has millions of men Willi g to murder there neighbour for supporting the wrong team but won’t dare stand up to obvious charlatans that rule us! Football is the sheep’s game
@Bilal Ahmed apart from playing it since aged 3 and being scouted?! Yeah I know nothing of football says the Arab who took it up to have something in his life to celebrate to live his life vicariously through the achievements of others! Just like 99% of all football fans
Maxwell: when he “fell” overboard
GGMU! biggest club in English Football.
One Indian boy so? 😅
@One Indian boy lol you have a United player as your pfp
NGL. If u added "Compton" in the thumbnail's hat you got yourself Eazy E.
Have the Glaziers ever renounced the pursuit of weapons of mass destruction?
Did Gaddafi have any? Didn’t Gaddafi try to appease the west? And they still weren’t happy?
@@JohnKobaRuddy I'm loving your anti-liberal/capitalist crusade in the comments lol I wish I had your energy to do the same
KZhead be going hard on me with these recommendations
In a time where the world over people is dissatisfied with governance and sports teams needing bailouts. It just seems like an opportunity to wash some of the dirty laundries this extraordinary year has brought out.
Why couldn't we have him when he was alive 😭😭😭
This video has answered the question of if Gaddafi on football manager is his son 😅😅 glad I never signed him 📃🖋
I forgot about this 😂😂😂
never clicked a video this fast
As a libyan you My Sir did your homework quite well and everything that's been told is true Coach Bashir Al Ryani was brutally killed and then mauled by His Dog. Thing's that you forgot to mention was when Gaddafi and his kids ordered the Army to spray bullets at fans at Tripoli's sports city during the match between the al-Ittihad and al-Ahly's teams,'' 1996 where their was 80 thousand spectators watching libyas Darby. In 1984 Gaddafi stop Al-Ahly from travelling to Egypt to play the final of Africa's Cups winner's cup against Al-Ahy of Egypt in 1990 the libyan notional team were in course doing well in qualifying for Italy world cup the game was against Algeria 70 thousand tickets were sold for this game only for Gaddafi to declare the withdrawal of the libyan national team a to hand the win to the Algerian team. My personal experience was with Gaddafi so i had a friend of mine visit me in Manchester to try for trails in England he had two successful trials with Oldham Athletic and Middlesbrough when use got to Libya Gaddafi's son Alsady sent his bodyguards at the middle of the night to his family home Asking the parents of where abouts of their son and that they heard that he was in England trying to find a club and demanded my friend to call Al Sady where Ordered him to collect his belongings and come straight back to Libya where he rotted at Al-Ahlys bench never to play professional football. So yeah these are a few things that Gaddafi did to Libyan football
Brilliant video
Make a video on marcello lipi plzzz🙏🙏
Just sounds like PR spin from the Glazers to me
As a Libyan, I have enjoyed this
Damn never knew gaddafi was trying to be an owner of a team mind you that team being manchester united, but undertsanding and knowing his will to become powerful and how crazy he is it isn't surprising after all, Regardless Rest in peace African giant
I'm like aight that turkish football leage video was the last now I gotta go to sleep but then there is this video on my feed and I know it is not a clickbait so yeah... why not one more video before bed eh?
someone wanted to buy man utd for 20 mil in 1989 9 years later someone else wants to buy it for 625 mil
Gaddafi was a revolutionary leader. Man U would finally get a chance to Dictate the prem 😂
I understand why Sir Alex F is refered to as a problem to United, from day one he has been fighting with owners even going to court. Cutting Davids face with a booth
I wrote my Bachelors Degree (Politics+History) about Ghaddafiand i just want to tell you how good this video was researched. For a youtube video, this was incredible. And of course visually pleasing as always. Thanks alot!
Don't think I've ever heard anyone call OPEC O-P-EC before.
Gaddafi is much better than glazers
Here we go ... title got me
He tried to buy Everton too
Gaddafi was a legend
The true question is would he actually do a worse job of running the club than Ed Woodward and would he still bring in more, good players to help out the club even though he's dead?
He was close to buying Crystal Palace too
IF that deal have been done He or His sun would still be in power today And the whole world would look very diffrent righ now
I miss him everyday
rather have gaddafi running my club than the glazers
Although that wouldn’t be good, it would be something that I wanna see😂
Should have just been about Gaddafi's son, crazy! Seriously though, that deal never would have gone through.
Granted, it is almost impossible to separate politics from any form of entertainment, as Long as we are humans. Esports, Traditional sports, media, even basic commodities like housing/shelter and water are prone to be dragged into political battles.