Your morning digest for Tuesday, September 27
Manchester United dominance over after £115m blow as Liverpool truth becomes clearer
Manchester United have become the first Premier League team to publish their financial accounts for the 2021/22 period.
The Old Trafford side published their accounts on Thursday with the financial period showing a £115.5m pre-tax loss for the period, up £23m from the previous year with the club losing an average of £2m per week for the 2021/22 financial period.
While revenues rose to £583m, an increase of 18 per cent, wages ballooned to £384.2m, the highest that the Premier League has ever seen, as the addition of major earners, most notably that of Cristiano Ronaldo, impacted for the first time. The Ronaldo signing, as well as additions such as Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane, contributed to a 19.1 per cent rise (£61.6m) year on year.
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The club's net debt also went up, from £419.5m in 2021 to £514.9m this year, an increase of more than 22 per cent, something likely to do little to turn down the heat on the deeply unpopular ownership of the club from the Glazer family, who acquired Manchester United via a leveraged buyout back in 2005.
Read the full story, here.
Liverpool 'don't rule out' £106m midfielder who can follow Darwin Nunez transfer path
Liverpool are once again being linked with a move for Benfica midfielder Enzo Fernandez.
The Reds were linked with a move for the midfielder earlier in the summer, but no move materialised. Fernandez only signed for Benfica at the end of last season, leaving River Plate to move to Portugal in an €18million (£16m) deal including add-ons.
Fernandez was one of many midfielders linked with Liverpool throughout the summer, joining the likes of Moises Caicedo, Konrad Laimer, Douglas Luiz and Jude Bellingham. In the end, the reds brought in Arthur Melo on loan from Juventus on deadline day.
Now a fresh report from Portugal has claimed that Liverpool’s interest in Fernandez has not gone away. O Jogo report that the player is aware of apparent interest from other clubs, but is still focused on his immediate future at Benfica.
Read the full story, here.
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