Avram Glazer says United don't need wins to make money
At a financiers' conference in London he compared the club to the Yankees and Cowboys, with £689m of debt and United 17th before facing Villa.
Avram Glazer, co-owner of Manchester United, has argued that the club's commercial value does not depend on what happens on the pitch. He made the remarks in September at Deutsche Bank's sports investment conference in London, but they have only just surfaced, according to Daily Mail, citing The Athletic.
To make his point, Glazer likened United to the New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys, teams that have gone years without winning the World Series or the Super Bowl: the Cowboys since 1996 and the Yankees since 2009. United's commercial revenue rose from £152m in 2012-13 to £317m in 2025-26.
Meanwhile, total debt reached £689m as of June, up £52m on the previous year, and United sit 17th in the Premier League ahead of Sunday's game against Aston Villa.
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