Football clubs in England are publicly listed companies, basically available to anyone who puts in a bid that satisfies a majority of shareholders. This is not the case in, for example, Germany - where at least 51% of any professional club must be owned by it's members, i.e. the fans - or Spain where Barcelona and Real Madrid are wholly owned by the club's members.
What I still can't get my head round is how it's possible to borrow the money for a big purchase like that of Manchester United or Liverpool and then transfer the debt accrued onto the thing you just purchased. It just doesn't make sense.
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Leeds United sold Eric Cantona to Manchester United as they were need of money and Manchester paid them well.
The main reasons for his move are , that the owners of Manchester United the Glazer family took loans to buy the shares of Manchester United, . And as he has to pay the money back , the one way to make money was to sell players, and he got 80 million pounds for Ronaldo.And Ronaldo was not happy in the final of the champion league verses Barcelona, and he wanted to leave.
As Manchester United were in debt they then sold Ronaldo for a world record of 80 million pounds.
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He started at Everton, and was sold to Manchester United.
Fernando Torres (January 2012)
Manchester United paid £25.6 million for Wayne Rooney.
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They Have A Face Value Of £150 But In Some Cases Were Sold For £3,500 Each.
Ronaldo is a footballer who did play for Manchester united, but has just been sold to rael modrid for only £80,000,000
He was sold for about 56 million pounds to real Madrid.