Manchester United Could Earn More Than £30m This Season

Despite the fact that Manchester United’s are out of the Champion Leagues and even if they fail to defeat Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup later this month United knockout competition earnings could still top £30million.

Louis van Gaal’s side suffered an early Champions League exit and was knocked out of the Capital One Cup by Middlesbrough yet they are still set to rake in millions during what has been a successful season off the pitch as they appear to be more profitable than they have ever been. Projections suggest that the prize for finishing fourth in last year’s Premier League and reaching the Champions’ League group stages will see them pocket an amount in the region of £28m and that’s based on forecasts relating to the Premier League’s market pool percentage in Europe, standing more than a fifth of all money distributed in 2014-15. United’s take from competing in the group stages is £16m after prize money for winning their play-off games and finishing third with eight points. That figure also includes their share of half the English pot relating to last season’s league finish. They are handed a flat 10 per cent of that via fourth-placed qualification, which will stand at around £4.6m, to be confirmed. Their involvement in the Europa League will also garner sizeable profits.

United domestic competition money will only reach the region of £500,000 if Shrewsbury were to beat United at New Meadow on February 22, and aided by having three matches screened on television. A further £3.3m is up for grabs for whichever team ends up lifting the FA Cup at Wembley in May.