Deep dive into Manchester United's financial results for the 2024/25 season, when they finished 15th in the league, their worst performance in the Premier League era, but reached the Europa League final #MUFC
United lost money for the sixth year in a row, but significantly reduced their pre-tax loss from £131m to £40m, mainly due to steep reductions in wages and interest payable #MUFC
United set a club record for revenue for the third year in a row, as this rose from £662m to £667m, with new highs in both match day and commercial offsetting a fall in broadcasting, due to only playing in the Europa League #MUFC
Following Arsenal Women's victory in the Champions League against the mighty Barcelona, I have celebrated in my own way with a look at the finances of the club and the Women's Super League (WSL) as a whole #AFC
Arsenal Women's revenue has significantly grown, more than tripling in the last three years, so it has risen by £11.0m from £4.3m to £15.3m #AFC
The switching of many games to the Emirates has resulted in a big increase in Arsenal Women's average attendance to just under 30,000 in 2023/24 - the 17th highest in all of English football #AFC
Review of Bayern Munich's financial results for the 2023/24 season, when for once they did not win the Bundesliga, but they did reach the Champions League semi-finals.
Bayern's finances remain solid, as they have now been profitable for a barely credible 32 years in a row, generating an amazing €429m pre-tax profit in the last decade alone, even including the COVID impacted seasons.
Bayern set a new revenue record for the second year in a row, which means this has grown by €105m (16%) since the pre-pandemic peak of €660m in 2018/19. Including income from player sales, the increase was even more impressive, rising €201m (27%) from €750m to €952m.
Review of Wolverhampton Wanderers' financial results for the 2023/24 season, when they finished 14th in the Premier League and reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup #WWFC
Wolves’ pre-tax loss significantly reduced from £67m to £14m, as profit from player sales increased from £44m to £65m, while revenue rose £9m (5%) from £169m to £178m and operating expenses were cut by £18m (7%) from £269m to £241m #WWFC
One big reason for Wolves’ need to focus on player trading is their inability to grow their revenue. Indeed, this has only increased £5m (3%) compared to their first season back in the Premier League in 2018/19 #WWFC
The recent sale of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to Paris Saint-Germain for a reported €70m once again highlighted Napoli’s ability to make big money from transfers #sscnapoli
In fact, Napoli have four of the top ten player sales profits ever in Italy, also including Higuain, Cavani and Jorginho. Furthermore, they have made the highest profit from player sales in Italy in the last five years with nearly €300m #sscnapoli
This has helped Napoli generate an incredible €209m of profits in the last two seasons, which is in stark contrast to the losses registered at most of their rivals. They have fully recovered from the COVID-impacted seasons #sscnapoli
While Manchester City have hit some bad form on the pitch recently, their financial results for the 2023/24 season were pretty impressive, featuring a new Premier League revenue record of £715m and a substantial £74m profit #MCFC
City's revenue slightly increased to £715m, which means that this has risen by more than a third (£180m) in just five years from the 2019 pre-pandemic level of £535m. Growth has been led by commercial, which now accounts for 48% of total income #MCFC
Player trading has become increasingly important to City, having made £122m in 2022/23 and £139m in 2023/24. Up until 2019/20 the club had not generated more than £40m, so they have significantly improved this area of their operations #MCFC