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Some financial whizzkid has crunched the numbers and it is grim for Man Yoo
Over the past five seasons, United have sold at a rate of 25% of the full market value. From what I can see, they have sold £708.3M worth of talent for only £172.5M. This is astonishingly bad when compared to the likes of City, Real Madrid, and Benfica and even clubs like Brighton, Bournemouth, and Leverkusen.
Over the past five seasons, United have bought at a rate of 65% of the full market value. From what I can see, they have bought £681.3M worth of talent against their value of £1,024.6B. However, their current squad is valued at £516.3M, so somehow the value of their current players has decreased by nearly exactly 50%. My goodness, that’s shocking.
If they were to sell their whole entire squad at a rate that they’ve been going (25% of full value), they will only be able to generate £129.1M which is based on the above patterns over the past five seasons. The BBC have also recently reported that United owe £272M in outstanding transfer payments to other clubs, £156M of which is due this summer. It’s not a stretch of a conclusion to say that selling their whole entire squad would not see off this summer’s bill alone.
(Source: transfermarkt)
To indicate the scale of the problem, this guy thinks that even selling a whole squad at a rate they’ve been going coupled with total TV/prize money for finishing 17th (£253.1M) is absolutely dwarfed by their reported losses in recent years and by already committed salary spend (£937.7M)
FFP allows a club to be compliant by allowing losses of up to £105M over three years. Gulp. How they aren’t facing Manchester City level of scrutiny is beyond me.
It’s one hell of a huge summer at Manchester United. If the future is bleak right now after the EUROPA League final defeat and sticking with a manager whose 3-4-3 formation is ill-suited to the Premier League and the players at his disposal, I think this could be just the start. The above indicates that United not only have to sell, but they have to sell at a 75% loss from transfer fees as well as hoping that buying clubs do not insist on United paying most of the outgoing player’s wages. And that’s just to avoid FPP sanctions if that is now even possible. Do not expect the ownership to gamble money they just don’t have on signings to keep them in the Premier League. Do not expect clubs to sell to United as they still owe transfer costs. Do not expect players to agree to move on without compensating the rest of their contracts. Expect to lose players for peanuts to offset this. Expect the club to make no new signings. Expect the club to rely on youth. Expect FFP points deductions. Expect relegation next season followed by the Championship.
Cunha is an excellent player. Of dubious character though. A cherry on top signing moreso than the man to lead a rebuild perhaps
I love the lad Eze on the left at Palace if we are buying lads
Potential outgoings (Some are already gone as of the weekend.
Eriksen
Hojlund
Shaw
Evans
Rashford
Antony
Lindelof
Onana
Heaton
Garna
Sancho
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Doesn’t tally with the maths genius above.
Somewhere between a 20 and 30 million profit for wolves isn’t a bad bit of business.
Unless they get relegated.
It really brings it home the change when you see him not being the one to start this thread
We were waiting for you to do it.
I can’t do everything for ye
Cold
I didn’t see the Villa game, but I thought they exerted a lot of control in the final against Spurs and looked very solid. As you should with 3 centre backs.
I just think that’s not how you handle top players/guys. He’s a fool on some level for all he must be very confident about Yoro, Heaven and a couple more. There’s no advantage to what he’s doing. I wouldn’t be just sure he has the standing to back it up.
I think they will do a lot better next season as he has created a situation where otherwise is impossible. That’s a serious squad on one game a week playing defensive ball, just need one lad to click up front.
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So Brexit Jim flew the team over to Malaysia to rack up a morale boosting win against a bunch of locals.
Consistency at least
@Gman has never witnessed a parade on this scale
Great that the Malaysian Man Utd fans got the opportunity to boo Harry Maguire.
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Never not funny
Jim Ratcliffe thought this tour would be a case of Kuching for Manchester United’s finances but instead it’s turned into a Bore-neo for the Malays looking on at a malaise.
You’d imagine some of the Manchester United players on this tour wish they could disappear like MH370 or MH17.
Next season could be a case of MU17 but I suppose that’s only one place below this season’s finish and it’ll still mean they avoid relegation.