David Gill, chief executive at Manchester United, claims the club will not be forced to sell key players despite the £83.6 million loss in the year to July.
Gill went on to say that Wayne Rooney would not be sacrificed to balance the books in spite of difficult financial situation.
“We are not a club that needs to sell,” said Gill. “We have money in the bank so there is zero pressure on that, no pressure at all to sell any star player whether it is Wayne Rooney or X,Y or Z. I can categorically say that.
“There was no desire at all from anyone at the club to sell Cristiano Ronaldo. He wanted to go and as a result we managed to extract a world record fee.
“The philosophy is to retain and attract the best players. We have £165million in the bank but in some ways we would prefer to have £80million in the bank and Ronaldo on the pitch.”
[Source: Daily Mirror]
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