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Introducing How To Buy A Football Club: Manchester United

Football Daily

BBC

Sports, Soccer

4.34.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

New podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds. NEW EPISODES AVAILABLE NOW! Just search for How To Buy a Football Club wherever you get your podcasts. What happens when football collides with money and what does it say about who owns Britain? Join BBC Breakfast's Sally Nugent, BBC economics editor Faisal Islam and BBC Sport's Simon Stone as we follow the sale of Manchester United.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello football daily listeners, Sally Nugent here, briefly taking over your feed, where

0:05.2

the very first episode of our new podcast, How to Buy a Football Club. It's made by the

0:10.2

same BBC team who make newscast, and I'm drawn by the BBC's economic sedative Faisal

0:15.0

Islam and BBC sports Simon Stone, and we are going to attempt to unravel the fascinating

0:21.4

and multi-dimensional story of the sale of Manchester United. There's a lot to it. This

0:27.2

podcast is about who owns our cultural and sporting treasures in Britain and why, and

0:32.9

you definitely don't need to be a Manchester United fan to enjoy it. Join the club and

0:37.7

keep an eye out for more episodes over the next few weeks.

0:41.2

BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:45.1

Manchester United fans are just beginning to make their way out of the stadium, but they'll

0:49.7

be back in the Europa League because they have qualified for the last 16 after beating

0:55.1

Barcelona here, two on the night. They've gone through on Africa.

1:02.1

So Faisal, Simon, Manchester United fans had a lot to sing about last night, in the end,

1:07.3

didn't they? And they did sing a lot.

1:10.0

It was very much a game of two halves, but in the end, Eric Tenghard called it his best

1:15.9

winners Manchester United manager.

1:18.1

This is an out of step because when you can beat Barcelona, I think you are able to beat

1:23.2

anyone.

1:25.2

Beat in Barcelona at any time.

1:27.2

The Manchester United is excellent and now they're into the last 16 of the Europa League,

1:34.1

a hit of the league cup final, and whether that makes it more interesting for potential

1:38.9

purchases, I don't know, but certainly the fans are loving it at the moment.

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