Manchester United vs Arsenal Match Tomorrow: How Much Money at Stake?

Manchester United is the richest club in England. They are going to face Arsenal tomorrow. Well, in this entry, I am not going to say anything about the match. If you want good analysis then you should read this one: Manchester United vs Arsenal Preview, Live Score: EPL 2009-10

I want to say some few words about the money involved in the match. First of all, let me tell you that when it comes to buying players, Manchester Untied is way ahead than the Gunners. Arsenal cannot afford to buy top players with millions of dollars at this moment because their budget is extremely tight as a result of the matter that they are paying huge amount of debt that they incurred with the building of the new stadium called The Emirates. Secondly, Manchester United has a stadium with around 76000 seating capacity and on the other hand, Arsenal has 60,000 seating capacity stadium. So, naturally, United can get more money from selling tickets. Arsenal has one advantage- they are a London based club and London is the capital city in England. In fact, when it comes to revenue or being profitable, Arsenal is not far from Man U that much but as they have to put a lot of money for loan repayment, they cannot afford to spend money on buying top players.

Arjen Robben Earns Interest from Manchester United?

Well, it is true that Manchester United has already revealed that no new player would join the Old Trafford camp this summer. However, if the reports out in the media are to be believed, then Manchester United might make a surprise bid for Real Madrid’s Dutch winger Arjen Robben who has been in excellent form now. His performance was impressive during Real’s pre-season as well.

However, Real Madrid can not afford to keep him at Bernabue since the arrival of big money signings like Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Karim Benzema and Xabi Alonso. Moreover, Real Madrid must offload some players in order to give a realistic shape to its extra-ordinarily big squad.

Arjen Robben has been valuated at £25million and it is pretty much clear that a number of clubs are now interested to get the service of the Netherlands international. It is noteworthy that Manchester United showed an interest in him in the past too. However, United did not get the chance to land the player as Chelsea, looking for star players with bucket full of money, signed him in 2004 from PSV Eindhoven. Now, let us see if Manchester United would really make another shot to bag the acquisition of the player.

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