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Manchester United can't keep pace with European giants

Getty Images | Manchester United have had impressive commercial growth since Ed Woodwards appointment despite not winning a Premier League title since Ferguson departed. But now the Old Trafford club are falling behind other European giants like FC Barcelona.

Manchester United recently announced their seventh consecutive year of income growth.

Yet the Old Trafford club are falling behind other European giants, and risk being overtaken by domestic counterparts.

Since Woodwards appointment in 2013 as CEO the commercial revenues have risen by 80 per cent. Their global competitors couldn’t keep pace – but in 2017/2018 something changed.

11 November 2019 - 2:46 PM

By Chris Weatherspoon

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