United is for sale and could be the biggest of all time

The rumours about a possible sale of the Manchester United, that promoted the actions of the English club almost 15% this Tuesday, finished to confirm . The family Glazer, that in 2005 did with the majority of the club by 790 million pounds (915 million euros to the current change), announced the set up of a process to "explore strategic alternatives" for the entity.

According to the last financial report of the club, to closing of the exercise 2022, these have around 70% of the capital of the Manchester United, and almost 96% of the rights of vote. In definite, a total control. In the shareholders also appear bottoms like Lindsell Train Limited and Ariel Investments, with near of 7% each one, and Massachusets FInancial Services Company, with 2%.

The Glazer have hired to Raine Group like financial adviser in scoop of the process. It is the same that participated in the sale, in May, of Chelsea, selecting to four investors for the final phase of offers. The consortium led by Todd Boehly completed an operation valued in 4.250 million pounds, almost 5.000 million euros, although the financial transaction like such was underneath of the 3.000 millions.

With these data on of the table, a total sale of the United can suppose a new record in an operation of purchase of a sportive entity. Although the club lives installed in a continuous crisis of results, that has ended in the exit of Cristiano Ronaldo of the same after the hard criticisms launched by the Portuguese sportsman against the entity, follows being between the most valuable clubs of the world.

A mark 'giant'

The last report of KPMG Football Clubs' Valuation awards him a value of 2.883 million euros, only surpassed by the Real Madrid, in spite of that has left to be a fixed club in each edition of the Champions League. The consulting establishes this value taking into account the popularity of each team, his income, the value of his staff and his costs salariales with regard to his turnover. Chelsea, for example, receives an assessment of 2.179 million euros, almost 25% less than the United. His value in Stock exchange this Tuesday brushed the 2.500 millions.

"The fortress of the Manchester United is in the passion and loyalty of our global community of 1.100 million followers and fans", defended Avram and Joel Glazer, main executives of the club this Tuesday. According to them, almost 1 of each 8 people of the planet are fans of the club mancuniano. An assumption something exaggerated, although it is one of the clubs that better capitalised, from the start, the globalisation of the sport and his conversion in a big business at the beginning of 21st century.

In the season 2021-2022, according to his annual report, the income were of 583,2 million pounds, almost 675 million euros, still far of his figures pre-Covid. Something characteristic of the United is his powerful generation of commercial income: 44% of his total turnover in the last season, to the equal that before the pandemia, whereas his dependency of the television money is in the surroundings of 37%. More stagnated are the income by his fans, situating in some 110 million pounds in the last seasons.