The World's Biggest Cash Machine, 9781035011193
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Man U: From community club to billionaire playground and cash machine.

The World's Biggest Cash Machine

manchester united, the glazers, and the struggle for football's soul

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    13 January 2025

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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
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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