{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6819aed5eb146d8e3506a450/6ab4eca1432e34fa45cbe68e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Are Man United’s finances holding them back?","description":"<p>Financial results... not exactly a subject that gets the heart racing, but with Manchester United they do quite often raise the blood pressure. The Athletic&#39;s football finance expert Chris Weatherspoon joins us to analyse the latest numbers, which are more than a little worrying.</p><p>Inevitably, debt is a headline again, but is it now really starting to put pressure on the club&#39;s ability to compete? Perhaps Michael Carrick&#39;s performance should be put into context, here; a third-placed finish, it could be argued, was an over-performance when measured against the club&#39;s wage bill.</p><p>It&#39;s all a bit gloomy, so we look forward to a break, maybe a trip to the cinema, and to put aside arguments and petty differences with some special podcast episode&#39;s on Andy Mitten&#39;s all-time Top 25 MUFC players... hmmm.</p>","author_name":"The Athletic"}