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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Manchester United could cash in on star striker Wayne Rooney to help ease the club's debts. Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona are considering £70m bids for the England international.
Full story: The Sun
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I did wonder about that. Without selling Ronaldo (which was a fluke really) they would have made a £30m loss. And that is with winning the EPL and finalists in the CL. So there isn't much more revenue streams. They are already out of the FA cup. even if they repeat their success they are on target for a big loss.
I thought they'd have to consider selling players but never thought that Rooney would get £70m from Spain. I think Rooney has an EPL limit of around £30m-40m which only leaves Chelsea as he won't go to Citeh and United won't sell him there. They don't really have any other assests. Berbatov has gone backwards and probably only worth £15m-£20m. Valencia has done a job but not set anything alight. So he's on evens at around £15m. Ferdinand is 31 and continually crocked so not even Citeh would pay £30m for him again. Giggs and Scholes are going to be pensioned off. Brown and Vidic are probably under £10m each. The rest are kids.
Unless revenue is increased (i.e. high ticket/merchandise prices or negotiating rights on the stadium) over a long-term stratergy, I really can't see much changing. Not even if they won back-to-back triples.
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Originally Posted by Damien
Yes, Anyway they are raising £500 million to pay off debts they currently have of way over that. So all they are doing to lowering their interest repayments. United will be in just as much debt as they are in now.
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Worth pointing out that by re-financing the lot they are lowering the interest of some payments but raising it of others. They really are borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.