If we can stay awake.Let's seewhat Mr Maguire has to say about it....
Wow 2,200 jobs,
So, Mr Bloom is owed £272m.
Out of interest, bearing in mind that season ticket prices went up and the average 'gate' went up marginally, then why is matchday income down? One can assume people aren't spending as much at the concessions!
I expect some people are similar to me, in that I no longer buy any food at the Amex because I can't take water with me. I am NOT faffing with no bottle top.
A £21m loss, yet our top player pay was allegedly £50k a week. Whilst CP, Bmuff, Stains and Wolves, to name just 4, pay several players at a higher level than us.
Seems a hard ask to breakeven whilst remaining in the PL, for clubs of our size, unless you can sell the odd player for a huge sum.
You break even / make money in two ways - get into the Champions League and sell a sh*tload of merchandise in Asia - or you don't spend any money, bounce back up again, don't spend any money, bounce back up again (think Norwich).
Plus commercial deals, as in sponsorships. ManU and Liverpool, and their like, have exponential growth in this aspect, obviously we’re not in that ball park.
But I’d be interested to know the commercial income at West Ham, Leicester, Southampton and Wolves for example. I could look it up at Companies House, but can’t be arsed this time of night.