Football Comment: Louis Van Gaal naive to stick with Manchester United system January 11, 2015 THERE was a moment during Manchester United’s defeat to Southampton yesterday that I found astonishing and summed up the mystifying tactical problems that manager Louis van Gaal is yet to solve. Having failed to muster a shot on target in the first 64 minutes, Van Gaal took off left-back Luke Shaw and brought on Tyler [...]
Manchester United share price plummets as club announces player spending in “near term” December 9, 2014 Manchester United’s share price plummeted by over nine per cent on the US stock exchange this morning, after Edward Glazer put 3m of his shares up for sale and the club confirmed further spending on players in the “near term”. After markets in the US closed yesterday Edward Glazer, one of Malcolm Glazer’s six [...]
League failure hits Manchester United revenues November 18, 2014 MANCHESTER United yesterday reported a 10 per cent slump in revenues for the first quarter as a lack of Champions League football started to hit the club’s coffers. In the first three months of the 2015 financial year, the English Premier League club’s total revenues fell to £88.7m, from £98.5m in the same period last [...]
Manchester United revenue falls as failure to qualify for the Champions League takes its toll November 18, 2014 Manchester United are counting the cost of missing out on European football this season, as revenue and profit fell in its first quarter results. With reductions in commercial, broadcast and matchday revenue, overall turnover dropped 9.9 per cent to £88.7m from £98.5m at the same period last year. United officials will, however, be pleased with [...]
Manchester United’s Rooney, van Persie and Di Maria get anime makeover in epic advert for sponsor Nissin November 10, 2014 Manchester United’s new sponsor Nissin has turned the club’s players into Japanese-style anime characters as part of a new global marketing campaign. The Japanese noodle brand became a global sponsor of the club earlier this year in a deal thought to be worth up to £10m a year, and is also planning to create Man [...]
Ex-Manchester United player Louis Saha creates Axis Stars, a social network for professional sports stars October 28, 2014 The retired French football star and former Manchester United player Louis Saha isn’t taking his retirement lightly. In the vein of celebs-turned-tech aficionados, Saha has launched a social network, although its not a million miles away from his previous life on the pitch. Axis Stars is aimed at professional athletes and sports stars as well [...]
Price of football: Arsenal have the priciest tickets, but Manchester United make most from match days October 15, 2014 Arsenal may have the most expensive season ticket in the country, but Manchester United make the most money from their match-going fans. BBC Sport’s annual price of football survey has revealed that the most expensive season ticket at Arsenal is pricier than any other in England. Arsenal’s cheapest season ticket still costs more [...]
Former Manchester United chief exec David Gill nominated for Fifa vice-presidency role October 7, 2014 David Gill, the former chief executive of Manchester United, has been nominated by the FA for a vice-presidency role on Fifa’s executive committee. The FA vice-chairman claims he could be a “driving force” for reform if elected to the committee. In the past Gill has publicly called upon Fifa president Sepp Blatter to step [...]
Chelsea are in a race against time to keep up with Manchester United and Arsenal on matchdays October 3, 2014 Having scoured the locality for an appropriate site on which to build a new stadium Chelsea have now apparently decided they must look for a solution within the confines of the existing ground footprint. Whether it’s the right location or optimal site or even cost effective is in some ways irrelevant; the club thinks it’s [...]
Former Liverpool suitor joins ex-Manchester United legends by buying 50 per cent of Salford City FC September 22, 2014 Peter Lim, the Singaporean businessman who once tried to buy Liverpool, has agreed to buy a 50 per cent stake in Salford City FC from the “Class of ‘92” group. The “Class of ‘92” – made up of former Manchester United players Gary and Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt – [...]