Manchester United will continue to pay for their failures on the football field, which will now hit the club budget more painfully.

According to The Sun, the club will lose nearly ?50 million in matchday income for the 2025/26 season. The reason for the financial losses was the early withdrawal of the team from all cup tournaments. This season, Manchester United did not take part in European cups, exiting the League Cup against modest Grimsby and entering the FA Cup in the third round, sacrificing Brighton.

As a result, there will be a total of 20 home matches at Old Trafford this season - the fewest games at the stadium since the 1914/15 season, and during the First World War. To equalize, the team held 30 matches at home last year.

The situation is complicated by the coaching leapfrog.

Ruben Amorim was released on 5 September, Darren Fletcher was unable to rectify the situation as in. , and now Michael Carrick has left the team until the end of the season. He faces a difficult task - cancel the season and try to get into the European Cups, in order to avoid even greater penalties (Zocrema, 10 million pounds fine from sponsor Adidas for failing to reach the League.

Ahead of Carrick, the main battle will be held - a derby with Manchester City and a match against the championship leader Arsenal.