
The World's Biggest Cash Machine
manchester united, the glazers, and the struggle for football's soul
$32.21
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
13 January 2025
Summary
The World’s Biggest Cash Machine: The Glazer Era at Manchester United
‘Jaw-dropping’ - Daily Mail ‘A gripping tale, full of insight. Blackhurst is an enormously talented writer’ - City A.M.
Manchester United is more than just a football team; it’s an institution. But, when the Glazer family took charge in 2005, they immediately plunged it into record levels of debt. Their reign has coincided with fan protests and a decline in Manchester United’s fortunes on the pitch … if no…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9781035011193 |
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ISBN-10: | 1035011190 |
Author: | Chris Blackhurst |
Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
Imprint: | Pan Books |
Format: | Paperback |
Number of Pages: | 320 |
Release Date: | 13 January 2025 |
Weight: | 234g |
Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
Jaw-dropping revelations … The incredible story of [Man United] laid bare in new book * Daily Mail *Brilliant … [a] very insightful account – Simon Jordan, author of Be Careful What You Wish ForA gripping tale, full of insight. Blackhurst is an enormously talented writer * City A.M. *[An] illuminating study of the Glazer family’s troubled ownership of Manchester United – Spear’sIf you want to understand how Manchester United got into its current total mess, you should read Chris Blackhurst’s timely new book on the Glazers – Michael CrickPacked with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you. This is the inside story of how the City of London really operates and if it doesn’t make you angry, you need to check your pulse – Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the World, on Too Big to JailBlackhurst’s tale would make an exciting novel. But alarmingly, this is a true story, carefully researched and told with gusto – Baroness Patience Wheatcroft, former editor of The Sunday Telegraph, on Too Big to JailHighly entertaining … told with pace, gusto, and a strong sense of moral outrage – The Critic Magazine, on Too Big to Jail
About The Author
Chris Blackhurst
Chris Blackhurst is an award-winning business writer and commentator. He is former editor of the Independent and for ten years was City editor of the Evening Standard. Before that he worked for The Sunday Times on its Insight investigative team. Throughout his career he has written widely on the business of sport, and his journalism has appeared in many of the world’s major publications.
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