{"id":326532,"date":"2025-08-08T00:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T00:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/326532\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T00:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T00:30:19","slug":"man-united-could-become-only-second-club-in-history-to-hit-1bn-mark-if-ruben-amorim-prediction-comes-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/326532\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United could become only second club in history to hit \u00a31bn mark if Ruben Amorim prediction comes true"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Despite enduring perhaps their worst ever season in 2024-25, Manchester United are still behaving like a superpower in the transfer market. Financially, there are simply very few who can compete.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At one point, it was presumed that Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR)<\/a> would restrict what they were able to do this summer, but \u2013 thanks to a quirk of how the Red Devils report their finances<\/a> to the Premier League \u2013 they now have ample headroom to make new signings.<\/p>\n

Mateus Cunha\u2019s \u00a362.5m move from Wolves was a statement of intent, followed by Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford, who took United\u2019s spending close to \u00a3130m. And with United expected to finalise a deal for Benjamin Sesko<\/a> imminently, the \u00a3200m mark is on the horizon. Carlos Baleba, over whom United have made contact with Brighton, could further engorge United\u2019s gross outlay.<\/p>\n

\"APhoto by Lee Parker \u2013 CameraSport via Getty Images<\/p>\n

And while they will surely supplement their new additions with sales, none have been made so far. The biggest departure has been Marcus Rashford, on loan, to Barcelona. Clearly, Manchester United<\/a> feel they are financially resilient enough to be aggressive in the market.<\/p>\n

A skim through the club\u2019s most recent quarterly accounts confirms that stance. Sir Jim Ratcliffe<\/a> and the Glazers<\/a> have signed off on financial statements which predict club-record revenues of up to \u00a3670m for 2024-25. With Ruben Amorim<\/a> having failed to secure European football of any description in 2025-26, that figure will markedly decline this coming season, but United are well-insulated from the drop-off.<\/p>\n

Manchester United poised to break commercial and matchday income records<\/p>\n

The finance expert and Greg Cordell\u2019s latest forecasts show United hitting new heights in terms of both commercial and matchday income for 2024-25.<\/p>\n

Commercial income \u2013 which is comprised of sponsorship, retail, events and more \u2013 will be somewhere in the region of \u00a3330m. That will be a new club record and only around \u00a315m behind the Premier League record set by Manchester City in 2023-24.<\/p>\n

And despite the plans to build a new stadium<\/a>, Old Trafford is more lucrative than ever. The \u00a3157m they are predicted to have earned in 2024-25 is \u00a320m more than they managed in the previous financial year. It will also break their own Premier League-wide record for cash earned through the turnstiles in a single season.<\/p>\n

However, while there is growth across the board, it is far slower than many of their peers. The rest of the so-called Big Six are making huge strides financially every season. Liverpool, for example, are set to overtake United in the turnover stakes for only the second time since 1992. <\/p>\n

United have come from a high base, yes, but they have lost the enormous competitive advantage that their revenue used to give them every year. And that has coincided with their regression on the pitch.<\/p>\n

Man United can reach \u00a31bn turnover soon \u2013 but only if they get their act together on the pitch<\/p>\n

As quoted by The Independent earlier this week, Amorim said he had \u201cno doubts\u201d that United can one day challenge for the Premier League and Champions League again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are some things you cannot buy that this club has: pedigree, history, fans. With all these things, if we have a different culture, we can return to our place,\u201d the manager continued.<\/p>\n

United\u2019s woeful showing in the league last season probably cost them around \u00a340m in prize money relative to what Ineos<\/a> had initially budgeted for. Had they won last season\u2019s Europa League final and secured a place in the Champions League, they could have trousered up to \u00a3150m in 2025-26.<\/p>\n

And those are just the top-line benefits. Matchday income could perhaps reach \u00a3200m in a Champions League season, while commercial revenue \u2013 which has been pretty stagnant for some time now \u2013 would boom if the good times came back to Old Trafford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There is an example in Real Madrid, who reached \u00a3900m revenue in the last financial year. Soon, they will become the first club to reach \u00a31bn.<\/p>\n

However, as football finance expert Kieran Maguire explains in exclusive conversation with UIF<\/strong>: \u201cManchester United have the global cache to be number one. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey have been number one on many occasions, but they have drifted in recent years. I think it brings back Ed Woodward\u2019s comments about not needing to win football matches to be commercially successful. I think Amorim would beg to differ.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd yes, they are commercially successful, but they aren\u2019t as commercially successful as some other clubs who are winning more football matches and are therefore able to offer trophies to sponsors and bring in the bonuses. <\/p>\n

\"ManchesterPhoto by Linnea Rheborg\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, could they get to \u00a31bn. Yes, you only need to look at the direction of travel even in a fallow period on the pitch. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is driving that? They have the deal with Snapdragon. They are working with AI, which is one of the biggest drivers of economic growth. The money they are paying United is a drop in the ocean. With the new stadium, you would be looking at matchday revenue reaching \u00a3200m. If they get the product right on the pitch, it can go further. <\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the owners\u2019 point of view, they would like an even bigger expanded Champions League format, the Club World Cup, fewer low-value fixtures. <\/p>\n

\u201cReal Madrid will be the first to get to \u00a31bn. Of the clubs who have the capacity to be second, Barcelona have shot themselves in the foot with the payday loans, PSG don\u2019t have a big enough stadium, and Bayern Munich don\u2019t get enough money from the Bundesliga TV deal. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo yes, United certainly have the ability to be second if they can get things right on the pitch and, as Amorim says, start competing for the biggest trophies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Premier League CEO rejects calls to cut size of the league, as Man United have previously proposed<\/p>\n

As part of their Project Big Picture proposal in 2020, United posited the idea of reducing the size of the Premier League to 18 teams.<\/p>\n

They aren\u2019t the only club to have held that view. The theory, as Maguire has pointed out, is that a smaller Premier League would reduce the number of \u201clow-value\u201d games. It would also mean clubs could potentially have smaller squads and, as a result, lower wage bills.<\/p>\n

\"GraphManchester United revenue vs wage bill<\/p>\n

Credit: Adam Williams\/United in Focus\/GRV Media<\/p>\n

However, Premier League CEO Richard Masters has rejected this idea.<\/p>\n

Asked in a recent interview with BBC Sport<\/a> whether it was something he would consider, the executive said: \u201cI don\u2019t think we should be forced into that decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am all for the growth of the game and the exciting competitions our clubs can participate in \u2013 but not at the expense of domestic football.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSince 1994 the Premier League has been 380 matches, 20 clubs. We haven\u2019t changed shape at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow we are now starting to redesign our domestic calendar at the altar of European and global expansion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are asking the players to play in more matches. There has to be, at the top of the game, a proper dialogue between Fifa and all the stakeholders about how these things go forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat has been sadly missing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite enduring perhaps their worst ever season in 2024-25, Manchester United are still behaving like a superpower in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3781,99,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-326532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-finances","9":"tag-ruben-amorim","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114990325900752556","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}