Football Finance

Manchester United staff have been offered early payment of an annual bonus if they resign by next Wednesday

Chelsea has set what is thought to be the most expensive ticket price in Premier League history by charging £5,000 for a seat in the “Dugout Club” in the match against Manchester United on April 3.

The Premier League has approved British Billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe's £1.3 billion takeover of a 25% Manchester United stake.

October 16 – The long running saga of the sale of Manchester United has taken an unexpected twist with the news that Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani has dropped his $6.1 billion cash bid to buy the club.

Shares see biggest ever one-day fall after a report that the team will be taken off the market.

July 17 – Barcelona and Manchester United are among a group of clubs punished by UEFA in the latest round of Financial Fair Play sanctions.
Barca have been fined €500,000 for wrongly reporting profits from “disposal of intangible assets” that should not have been accounted for as income according to FFP rules.
United must pay €300,000 for “minor breakeven deficits” for the financial years spanning between 2019 and 2022.

Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim has joined Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe in submitting a second bid to buy Manchester United.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani submitted improved offers shortly before a 9pm deadline but both may be below the Glazers’ asking price

British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe's firm Ineos officially enters the race to buy Manchester United.

The Glazers have announced they are ‘commencing a process to explore strategic alternatives’ for Manchester United, potentially bringing an end to their 17-year ownership of the club

United registered a loss of £115.5 million for the 2021-22 season

Plans to redevelop Manchester United's ground could see the club plunged into almost £1billion of debt - unless they opt for the controversial option of selling the naming rights to Old Trafford

Manchester United fans have been told that if they fail to use their season ticket regularly from next season, they will risk losing it. 

Manchester United’s latest filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reveals that £120million has been cleared from their revolving credit facility following Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s $300m (£234.2m) cash injection.
When United released their financial results for the second quarter of the financial year on Tuesday, it showed their debt totaling £773.3m, which excludes money owed in transfer fees.
But late on Wednesday night, a more detailed filing to the SEC showed that on February 28, United paid off £120m worth of debt — reducing their overall debt down to £653.3m.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s 27.7% buy-in at Manchester United has been officially completed, two months after it was announced he was joining the Glazers at the club

Berrada has been at City for nearly a decade in a variety of different guises, most recently as the chief football operations officer.

September 14 – Snapdragon will replace TeamViewer as the brand name on the front of Manchester United’s shirt from the start of next season in a reported £60 million a year deal.
Understood to be a five-year agreement, the Qualcomm business will allow German technology firm TeamViewer to exit their own five-year $235 million deal early, having signed with Man Utd in 2021. TeamViewer will remain as a global sponsor.

August 1 – Manchester United have announced a 10-year extension to its partnership with Adidas worth almost £1 billion.
United’s deal with the German sportswear brand as its official supplier runs to 2035 and “has a minimum cash guarantee of £900 million pounds subject to certain adjustments,” the club said, making it the most lucrative sponsorship in Premier League history.

This month's index continues to show volatility between different categories and names. In sports, the surprise Saudi-PGA deal on golf has heightened speculation about which sports could be next to benefit from the investment of Middle East money in particular.

Finnish entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus says he has submitted a bid to buy Manchester United.

Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, the chairman of one of Qatar's biggest banks, confirms his foundation will bid to buy Manchester United.

Manchester United has launched the MUTV app on Samsung, LG and Android TVs allowing fans with the compatible televisions to access a range of exclusive and premium content on-demand directly from their homes. 

United registered a loss of £115.5 million for the 2021-22 season

The Glazers’s ownership, made possible by a leveraged buyout in 2005, is under the microscope once again

Manchester United have earned more money in the first quarter of 2022 but have still seen their debt rise to just a few million short of £500m.