Manchester United’s owners, the Glazer family, have spent just £94m on improving the club’s infrastructure over the last decade.
According to financial analyst Kieran Maguire, the issue has recently come up due to Cristiano Ronaldo’s dissatisfaction with the club’s facilities.
On more than one occasion, Ronaldo has been reported to have issued complaints to senior club officials about the state of the facilities.
The 37-year-old, who unsuccessfully tried to engineer a move away from Old Trafford, has made some headway, with minor alterations made, including re-tiles in Carrington’s pool.
Maguire reports that the £94m sum is significantly less than United’s Premier League rivals and other smaller clubs that don’t generate nearly the same amount of revenue.
The Red Devils plan to embark on a plan to improve Carrington and expand Old Trafford, which is also in relatively dismal shape.
Maguire told Football Insider: “Man United have spent £94m since the start of 2010-11 on infrastructure costs.”
“Spurs have spent £1.5bn, City £379m, Liverpool more than £250m.”
“That might be expected, but I think the fans will be surprised that their club has spent less than smaller clubs like Brighton, Leicester and Brentford too.”
On why United’s parasitic owners have spent so little on improvements, Maguire adds: “I think part of the reason is that, under Project Big Picture and the Super League project, the Glazers hoped to get a central fund to provide grants to pay infrastructure costs.
“Now that both causes have collapsed, at least for the time being, they realize they have to access external funding to keep the club on par with their peers.”
Without a doubt, this news will only serve to further strengthen the position of the fans on the need to expel the Glazer.
