Manchester United's full-year financials landed the same week as defeats to City and Brighton and a nervy draw at Fulham. Ed and Jamie's read is that the numbers tell a positive story: record revenue of £677.6 million, operating cash flow more than double what United generated the previous year, and a much smaller real interest bill than the eye-catching accounting figure implies.
We work works through where the resilience actually came from: ticket price rises, strong retail performance offsetting lost sponsors.
There's the £63.5 million spent on stadium land as the first sign of what United plan to do with the extra cash, and an explainer of INEOS's own complicated, heavily leveraged business, useful context for anyone hoping Jim Ratcliffe can simply write a bigger cheque.
And a close on ownership: the price floor for any new buyer lifts in 2027, but with almost nobody left in the world both able and willing to pay Glazer-level prices for the club, don't expect a takeover any time soon.
0:27 Welcome and what's coming up
3:15 Full year financials: headline numbers
5:28 Matchday, ticketing and commercial revenue
10:04 Profitability and cash flow
14:43 Debt, interest and the stadium land
23:14 Guidance
28:50 INEOS explained
35:10 Ownership, the 2027 price floor and potential buyers
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