MANCHESTER UTD v WIGAN
MANCHESTE MANCHESTER UNITED might not be matching their glory years in terms of top t trophies. In fact, in the l last three years they haven’t even come close. Currentl Currently lying sixth in the table, without a PremierP League title for almost four years, Champions League footb football is no longer a guarantee afte after missing out on a top-four fin finish in two of the last three se seasons. After the golden years und under Sir Alex Ferguson, United have gone into a worrying decline o on the pitch. But off the field it’s the absolute reverse. The cash tills are working overtime with United a super-charged moneymaking mac machine unrivalled in global sport. And the AmericanAme Glazer family – who own the club – now value United at a staggering £4bill £4billion. That’s just the starting point for potential buyers too, with business analysts believing it will take that kindk of jaw-dropping money to persuade Unit United’s Florida-based owners to think about se selling their prized asset. Sports busines business analysts in both the UK and Asia believe there is growing interest in testing just how howm much the Glazer family want to keep hold of U United.
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And many beli believe it won’t be long before Chinese investo investors hit the Glazers with a monster offer. The respected Forbes rich list of sports teams say the DallasD Dallas Co Cowboys NFL team are the most vaaluable valuable in world sport at around £3.2bn. But many believe Uni United’s iconic history and global appeealappeal wouldwou make them the world’s richestt richest club if they were sold by the Glazers. The men frrom from Ro Rochester, New York haven’t been ppopular popular since they took the club into privatte private owner ownership following their £776m acquissition acquisition of the club in 2005. And the fact theythe could potentially pockett pocket a £3.25 £3.25bn profit in just over 10 years byb cashing in and flooggingflogging UnitedU is a projection thhat that will h have the anti-Glazer brigadeb brigade raging. But while a sizeable major majority detest United’s dista distant owners, the Gla Glazers have turned the club i nto the w world’s richest fo football team – a fact tha that flies in the face of eve every business princi principle. Deloit Deloitte Sports Business Gro Group oup rece recently placed United