A Long Time in Finance: Man United and the Football South Sea Bubble

May 10, 2023

Welcome to the A Long Time In Finance Podcast; the long view of finance, markets and money as seen by two veteran City editors, Neil Collins and Jonathan Ford. Sponsored by Briefcase.News and hosted on Reaction.

The famous football club’s owners, the Glazers, have put Man United up for sale for $7bn – or 10 times revenues. But instead of laughing out loud, several buyers are circling. With valuations at fever pitch. Neil (a Tranmere Rovers obsessive) and Jonathan talk to Kieran Maguire, football finance academic, about whether England’s Premier League can sustain this sort of madness.

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