Man United second in rich list despite worst season for years

Under Moyes United slipped down most rankings, but off the pitch the club is booming

A statue of George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton standing outside Old Trafford, home of Manchester United
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They may have endured their least successful season in a generation but that didn't prevent Manchester United moving up two places in football's rich list. Deloitte's annual 'loaded league' reveals that United climbed from fourth to second in 2013/14 despite the fact this was the season they were dumped out of the FA Cup by Swansea at the first hurdle, were well beaten by Bayern Munich in the quarter-final of the Champions League, finished seventh in the Premier League, their lowest position since 1990, and missed out on Europe for the first time in 24 years.

But despite the best efforts of David Moyes to drag Manchester United towards mediocrity, off the pitch the club is booming and only Real Madrid made more from the game in 2013-14.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.