Now £100m United break new ground off field

MANCHESTER UNITED look certain to be the first Premier League club to break the £100million barrier for commercial revenue alone.

The most recent three-monthly accounts showed revenues rising to £24m over the first quarter of the accounting year, and it is thought the second, up to December 31, will be equally strong.

United’s new ‘territory specific’ approach to commercial opportunities, agreed with the Glazer family and implemented by commercial director Richard Arnold, has allowed the Old Trafford outfit to rapidly expand that area of club revenue.