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Manchester United supporters are facing the likelihood of a huge increase in ticket prices under new owner Malcolm Glazer.
According to The Times, Glazer is planning to raise the price of Old Trafford tickets by 54 percent within the next five years.
The newspaper made the claims after suggesting it viewed 'previously unseen documents' on Glazer's five-year vision for The Red Devils.
The report also suggests that UEFA Champions League ticket prices will increase by 25 percent from next year
Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson will also be limited to a player spending budget of £25 million per season - excluding receipts from player sales - while an added £25 million will also be available to spend over the five-year period.
Glazer's reported five-year plan includes the new owner's desire to increase the club's revenues by 52 percent from £161.5 million this year to £245.6 million by 2010.
Under the plan, the improved turnover would be funded by a 61 percent increase in matchday sales, a 13 percent rise in media sales and a 76 percent increase in sales of merchandise and other commercial activities.
Glazer's plan also suggests that United players would be expected to appear in a yearly showcase match in the owner's hometown of Tampa, Florida.
The report is sure to further disillusion United supporters, with some fans seemingly ready to follow through with their boycott of the Premiership giants following Glazer's takeover last month
Got this from a forum, I haven't got a link.
Anyway, I feel sorry for Man Utd fans, it's going to be very hard to follow their team.
According to The Times, Glazer is planning to raise the price of Old Trafford tickets by 54 percent within the next five years.
The newspaper made the claims after suggesting it viewed 'previously unseen documents' on Glazer's five-year vision for The Red Devils.
The report also suggests that UEFA Champions League ticket prices will increase by 25 percent from next year
Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson will also be limited to a player spending budget of £25 million per season - excluding receipts from player sales - while an added £25 million will also be available to spend over the five-year period.
Glazer's reported five-year plan includes the new owner's desire to increase the club's revenues by 52 percent from £161.5 million this year to £245.6 million by 2010.
Under the plan, the improved turnover would be funded by a 61 percent increase in matchday sales, a 13 percent rise in media sales and a 76 percent increase in sales of merchandise and other commercial activities.
Glazer's plan also suggests that United players would be expected to appear in a yearly showcase match in the owner's hometown of Tampa, Florida.
The report is sure to further disillusion United supporters, with some fans seemingly ready to follow through with their boycott of the Premiership giants following Glazer's takeover last month
Got this from a forum, I haven't got a link.
Anyway, I feel sorry for Man Utd fans, it's going to be very hard to follow their team.
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Manchester United supporters are facing the likelihood of a huge increase in ticket prices under new owner Malcolm Glazer.
According to The Times, Glazer is planning to raise the price of Old Trafford tickets by 54 percent within the next five years.
The newspaper made the claims after suggesting it viewed 'previously unseen documents' on Glazer's five-year vision for The Red Devils.
The report also suggests that UEFA Champions League ticket prices will increase by 25 percent from next year
Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson will also be limited to a player spending budget of £25 million per season - excluding receipts from player sales - while an added £25 million will also be available to spend over the five-year period.
Glazer's reported five-year plan includes the new owner's desire to increase the club's revenues by 52 percent from £161.5 million this year to £245.6 million by 2010.
Under the plan, the improved turnover would be funded by a 61 percent increase in matchday sales, a 13 percent rise in media sales and a 76 percent increase in sales of merchandise and other commercial activities.
Glazer's plan also suggests that United players would be expected to appear in a yearly showcase match in the owner's hometown of Tampa, Florida.
The report is sure to further disillusion United supporters, with some fans seemingly ready to follow through with their boycott of the Premiership giants following Glazer's takeover last month
Got this from a forum, I haven't got a link.
Anyway, I feel sorry for Man Utd fans, it's going to be very hard to follow their team.
According to The Times, Glazer is planning to raise the price of Old Trafford tickets by 54 percent within the next five years.
The newspaper made the claims after suggesting it viewed 'previously unseen documents' on Glazer's five-year vision for The Red Devils.
The report also suggests that UEFA Champions League ticket prices will increase by 25 percent from next year
Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson will also be limited to a player spending budget of £25 million per season - excluding receipts from player sales - while an added £25 million will also be available to spend over the five-year period.
Glazer's reported five-year plan includes the new owner's desire to increase the club's revenues by 52 percent from £161.5 million this year to £245.6 million by 2010.
Under the plan, the improved turnover would be funded by a 61 percent increase in matchday sales, a 13 percent rise in media sales and a 76 percent increase in sales of merchandise and other commercial activities.
Glazer's plan also suggests that United players would be expected to appear in a yearly showcase match in the owner's hometown of Tampa, Florida.
The report is sure to further disillusion United supporters, with some fans seemingly ready to follow through with their boycott of the Premiership giants following Glazer's takeover last month
Got this from a forum, I haven't got a link.
Anyway, I feel sorry for Man Utd fans, it's going to be very hard to follow their team.
I think Chelsea are also raising ticket prices too in an attempt to become profitable by 2010.
It's not great news for the fans, but with at least £25m a year for transfers I can't see how the plans can have a huge knock-on effect on the team itself, provided the non-Glazer board members are allowed to get on and do their job.
It's not great news for the fans, but with at least £25m a year for transfers I can't see how the plans can have a huge knock-on effect on the team itself, provided the non-Glazer board members are allowed to get on and do their job.
man utd own tranmere, wen we went into admin, they bought us, were we sold to glaier too or do we belong to the old ppl hu owned united, no 1 will tell us!
Mav wrote:
> I think Chelsea are also raising ticket prices too in an attempt to
> become profitable by 2010.
According to the figures i saw on SSN, Chelsea and Arsenal season tickets are about 35% more expensive than Man utd ones on average! United tickets are very reasonably priced at the moment, perhaps underpriced considering every league game is a sell out.
> I think Chelsea are also raising ticket prices too in an attempt to
> become profitable by 2010.
According to the figures i saw on SSN, Chelsea and Arsenal season tickets are about 35% more expensive than Man utd ones on average! United tickets are very reasonably priced at the moment, perhaps underpriced considering every league game is a sell out.
Mav wrote:
> It's not great news for the fans, but with at least £25m a year
> for transfers...
That's just spin. £25m a year means £25m a year less debt paid off, plus interest. Given that MU was slipping in profitability in the first instance, I sincerely doubt that much more than £7m will be available, unless there are significant player sales.
> It's not great news for the fans, but with at least £25m a year
> for transfers...
That's just spin. £25m a year means £25m a year less debt paid off, plus interest. Given that MU was slipping in profitability in the first instance, I sincerely doubt that much more than £7m will be available, unless there are significant player sales.
What's the lame new club all those 'special' and 'die-hard' United fans have set up?
The United Football Club of Manchester or something? Ha, the name sucks for a start, who knows what the football's gonna be like. ;)
Seriously, I'm not sure of the point. They should at least give Glazer a chance, I mean, it's not as if it's a completely different side. It's still Manchester United. The club they have supposedly supported through thick and thin their whole lives.
The United Football Club of Manchester or something? Ha, the name sucks for a start, who knows what the football's gonna be like. ;)
Seriously, I'm not sure of the point. They should at least give Glazer a chance, I mean, it's not as if it's a completely different side. It's still Manchester United. The club they have supposedly supported through thick and thin their whole lives.
I think the stupid thing is that they think Glazer wants to financially harm the club. Do they not get that as a businessman, his aim is to make money?
Therefore, for him to make money the club needs to be doing well as a football team.
He's not just going to let them sink into nothing. He wants money, and ruining Man United will do nothing for him in helping make money. Man United will be up there next season because for Glazer's objectives to be complete, they need to play good football.
Therefore, for him to make money the club needs to be doing well as a football team.
He's not just going to let them sink into nothing. He wants money, and ruining Man United will do nothing for him in helping make money. Man United will be up there next season because for Glazer's objectives to be complete, they need to play good football.
I thought he wasn't in to make money, just to relieve himself of his debts, offloading them all onto the club then selling.
No?
No?
Maybe. Still, for him to rid himself of debt, Man United have to make a lot of money. Because he needs to make a few hundred million.
And for that to happen, Man United still have to be successful. :-)
And for that to happen, Man United still have to be successful. :-)
Not necessarily.
Utd have gone two years witout a Prem win, yet it's still widely agreed that, should they break from the collective TV deal, they would stand to benefit the most, by quite some margin.
Throughout the eighties, when the team was pretty dire, the club was still among the most supported in the land.
Glazer makes money either way. It is the team that suffers for his pockets. Not to mention the fans who will be effectively paying for him to buy manchester united by continuing to put money into the club.
Utd have gone two years witout a Prem win, yet it's still widely agreed that, should they break from the collective TV deal, they would stand to benefit the most, by quite some margin.
Throughout the eighties, when the team was pretty dire, the club was still among the most supported in the land.
Glazer makes money either way. It is the team that suffers for his pockets. Not to mention the fans who will be effectively paying for him to buy manchester united by continuing to put money into the club.
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