Valuation of Manchester United Football Club

The thesis Valuation of Manchester United Football Club deals with the fundamental differences between the sports club and the usual business in its theoretical part. Further, the basic methods of business valuation are summarized there and also some alternative approaches that are used in practice. We focused mainly on the practical part of the thesis, for which we have chosen Manchester United Football Club. The main reason why we chose this club was primarily due to publicly available information and data about the club as its shares are traded on the NYSE. We conducted both financial and strategic analysis of the club and used the results of the analysis in our own valuation. Then we compared the valuation with market capitalization and alternative valuation according to Forbes. We analyze the differences in conclusion