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Manchester United unable to spend their way out of trouble

Posted by Ed Thompson on Wednesday, February 12, 2014,

In December Martyn Ziegler wrote an interesting piece outlining the financial implications for Manchester United if they don’t secure a Champions League place at the end of the current 2013/14 season. As Ziegler pointed out, the club’s CL income will be reduced next season by around £35m, with the club missing out on a further £10m in gate-receipts. 

Given this probable fall in income, it is interesting to overlay the new Premier League spending constraints and see what impact this fairl...


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Man City release controversial accounts

Posted by Ed Thompson on Monday, February 3, 2014,

Manchester City's long-awaited financial results were released last week. In many ways they raise more questions than they answer. 

As a number of journalists have pointed out, there are a host of Related Party Transactions, Inter-company transactions as well as a sale of Image Rights to a company that the City Press Office insists is outside the club. These obscure transactions have been designed to generate one-off income for the club during the final accounting year that will be covered by ...


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