The diversity of operations, football players, and the corporate profile.
Is Manchester United in the ‘football business’ or the ‘entertainment business’ or is it a ‘multi-brand conglomerate business’
The value of the brand can soon decline if the club becomes associated with failure at football.
The high salaries and expensive youth policies and training facilities. Football, however can be a game of unpredictability - a team can soon fall from grace.
The playing success and the business success are interdependent.