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United's commercial business was "never allowed to take priority over the football side"

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Getty Images | "What's important is the commercial side is never allowed to take priority over the football side," said Woodward (here wearing a red tie) a recent annual meeting for employees at Old Trafford.

United's commercial business allows the club to reinvest in the football side, Ed Woodward said at a recent employee meeting.

It's important that the commercial side never takes priority, he said, hitting back at critics claiming the opposite.

18 October 2019 - 11:21 AM

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