A selling club? ManUre lose £80m.

[darren woolley]

I could'nt be happier.

[Brend'Watkins]

No way will Man U go down the drain. Their brand is far too big. Some rich sheikh will step in and save them.

2 years ago if you said Liverpool could be heading into administration you'd have said exactly the same thing. 

There are only so many rich Sheiks out there and how many of them have an even passing interest in football?  Even if they were and were Man U fans would they be interested enough to buy a club saddled with so much debt? 

Man U are stuck with the Glazers for some time, especially as we're now in recession and PL football appearing to lose some of it's flavour.

I don't know how much more of this good bad news I can take.

[pauliewalnuts]

No way will Man U go down the drain. Their brand is far too big. Some rich sheikh will step in and save them.

Fuck it. Seriously, why bother? Pay top dollar for the Dreg Devils, or spend a tenth on an underperforming historical giant like, say, Man City and use the cash saved to blow them out of the water.

When were Man City ever a giant?

[LeeB]

No way will Man U go down the drain. Their brand is far too big. Some rich sheikh will step in and save them.

Fuck it. Seriously, why bother? Pay top dollar for the Dreg Devils, or spend a tenth on an underperforming historical giant like, say, Man City and use the cash saved to blow them out of the water.

When were Man City ever a giant?

1930's? You get my point though.

[PaulTheVillan]

I read earlier that Man Utd only paid £2.6m tax.

How?

[pauliewalnuts]

No way will Man U go down the drain. Their brand is far too big. Some rich sheikh will step in and save them.

Fuck it. Seriously, why bother? Pay top dollar for the Dreg Devils, or spend a tenth on an underperforming historical giant like, say, Man City and use the cash saved to blow them out of the water.

When were Man City ever a giant?

1930's? You get my point though.

One title and one cup? Meh.

I do get your point though.

Although, looking at just how much money they're spaffing into City, I wonder if financial rationality plays any part of it.

[PaulTheVillan]

I doubt the £80m sale of Ronaldo was paid upfront.

[Dante Lavelli]

Man U are stuck with the Glazers for some time, especially as we're now in recession and PL football appearing to lose some of it's flavour.

Are we?  Seriously, I am out of the country, has it been announced that we're (the uk) is back in recession?

[adrenachrome]

No way will Man U go down the drain. Their brand is far too big. Some rich sheikh will step in and save them.

Fuck it. Seriously, why bother? Pay top dollar for the Dreg Devils, or spend a tenth on an underperforming historical giant like, say, Man City and use the cash saved to blow them out of the water.

When were Man City ever a giant?

1930's? You get my point though.

One title and one cup? Meh.

I do get your point though.

Although, looking at just how much money they're spaffing into City, I wonder if financial rationality plays any part of it.

Around 1967 to 1970 they were a potent force, winning the League, FA Cup, League Cup and the European Cup Winners Cup. They had has players like Francis Lee, Mike Sumerbee and Colin Bell.
They seemed like giants to me at the time, but then I was a callow youth and we were in Division 3.

[olaftab]

As they won't sell £80m players very often, I think that shows a worrying trend in their losses.

Worrying  John?...no I am over joyed. The more they  and the other Sky Clubs lose the better.

[Ad@m]

This non-accountant doesn't understand how they can make an Operating Profit of £100m, pay £40 interest and then end up losing £80m.

Where did £140m go?

According to various reports on the web the difference includes player-related costs (which is likely to be the write-off of the transfer fees they've paid in the past over the length of the player contracts), and the costs of the bond issue which were almost £50m apparently.

They haven't released the accounts yet, only announced the results, so it's quite difficult to find much detail.

Oh, and I'm not sure what Spurs' wage bill is but Utd have said theirs is £131.7m whereas ours last year (so not entirely comparable) were £63m.

[Shrek]

Man are the richest club in the world and the most valuable.

The glazers plan was always to sell Utd after a few years.

Liverpool are not even on the same level as Man Utd, in terms of recent success, value, infrastructure, playing staff and management.

So in my opinion Man U won't end up like Liverpool because of the Glazers.

[Michel Sibble]

All they need is some MLB rich-daddy to wipe out their debts and return them to their previous glory.

Hang on...

[Salsa Party Animal]

It is disgusting to see business doing this to Liverpool and Manchester United making the club pay for their purchasing of club. If you don't have cash to buy it don't buy it

[pauliewalnuts]

All they need is some MLB rich-daddy to wipe out their debts and return them to their previous glory.

Hang on...

The thing is, though, he's nowhere near rich enough.

I'm sure he'll be a damn sight better for them than G&H were, but listening to Liverpool fans this week, there was a palpable sense of disappointment that it wasn't some mentally rich oil baron taking them over.

Football has always been to some extent about how much money you've got, but these days it is everything.

Depressing.