{"id":281987,"date":"2011-02-25T12:30:55","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T12:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/25\/glazers-again-deny-man-utd-sale\/"},"modified":"2011-02-25T12:30:55","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T12:30:55","slug":"glazers-again-deny-man-utd-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/25\/glazers-again-deny-man-utd-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Glazers again deny Man Utd sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"48.9514066496\">\n        \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>25 February 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>07:30 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Glazer family has again denied rumours of a plan to sell Manchester United to Qatar, as the football club revealed strong merchandise sales.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No discussions have taken place, Manchester United is not for sale and the owners will not entertain any offers,&#8221; said the publicly listed firm.<\/p>\n<p>The new results showed revenues of \u00a3156m for the six months to December, up 8% on a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial sales of \u00a350m were up 30%, despite calls to boycott merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>However, matchday turnover actually fell marginally, down 0.4% to \u00a352.4m, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mufplc.com\/pdf\/Q2_2011_Results_Press_Release.pdf\">according to the permiership club&#8217;s preliminary financial results<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the football club&#8217;s balance sheet &#8211; a sore point for many fans since the Glazers&#8217; debt-financed takeover &#8211; was somewhat healthier.<\/p>\n<p>Gross debts fell and rising cash balances rose, meaning that the club&#8217;s net debt position &#8211; the difference between the two &#8211; fell 9% over the year, to \u00a3355m.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/business-12578645\" title=\"Glazers again deny Man Utd sale\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glazers again deny Man Utd sale<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 25 February 2011 Last updated at 07:30 ET The Glazer family has again denied rumours of a plan to sell Manchester United to Qatar, as the football club revealed strong merchandise sales. &#8220;No discussions have taken place, Manchester United is not for sale and the owners will not entertain any offers,&#8221; said the publicly listed firm. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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