UNITED DON’T VALUE NEW FIGURES

THERE was considerable amusement among some of the top brass at Manchester United when they read the widelypublished results of a study that claimed they had been overtaken by Manchester City as the Premier League’s most valuable club.

The research, by a group at the University of Liverpool, valued City at £2.364billion and United at £2.087bn — figures they say were due to ‘higher wages and lower profit’ on the red side of the city. An industry insider told

Sports Agenda: ‘The Forbes list values United at $4.1bn and City at $2.5bn — but what would they know about finance?’