Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
High wages, ageing players, and repeated injuries make United’s squad unappealing for other clubs in the market
Manchester United do not have the funds to buy players to strengthen their struggling team in the January transfer window.. Monday’s 2-0 defeat to Newcastle was their fourth consecutive loss and ...
Manchester United is one of the most widely supported football clubs in the world [11] [12] and have rivalries with Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Leeds United. Manchester United was the highest-earning football club in the world for 2016–17, with an annual revenue of €676.3 million, [ 13 ] and the world's third-most-valuable ...
Chelsea broke the record for the highest transfer fee paid by an English club, as well as their own transfer record when they paid £30 million for Andriy Shevchenko, slightly eclipsing the £29.1 million Manchester United paid for Rio Ferdinand in 2002. [1] It also became the sixth highest costing transfer of all time. [1]
United's only winter departure was Matthew Wicks, who joined Arsenal on a free transfer on 23 January. Former captain Steve Bruce left for Birmingham City on 22 May, while on 30 June, Dessie Baker , Daniel Hall, Paul Parker , and Phillip Whittam left the club.
Since 2005, the Manchester United Supporters' Trust has been working on a way of returning ownership of the club to supporters; in 2010, they met with a group of wealthy Manchester United fans – dubbed the "Red Knights" [5] – to discuss a billion-pound takeover bid. However, the bid fell through when the Red Knights refused to meet the ...
Action from the pre-season game against Liverpool in South Carolina.. On 23 February 2024, United announced a tour of the United States, with friendly matches against rivals Arsenal and Liverpool at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California (near Los Angeles), on 27 July and at Williams–Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, on 3 August, respectively. [4]
The 2016–17 season was Manchester United's 25th season in the Premier League, and their 42nd consecutive season in the top-flight of English football.Following the departure of Louis van Gaal at the end of the previous season, the club signed former Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid manager José Mourinho on a three-year contract, with the option of a further year.