Whether about a raft of redundancies or free lunches for staff being scrapped, news surrounding Manchester United's finances has not been positive.
Which will have left fans wondering how they are able to fund a move for RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko, amid a £200m refurbishment of their attack for next season.
The answer lies in some clever financing of their summer transfers both in and out – and some of the reports of their death being greatly exaggerated.
"If Manchester United sneeze, football catches a cold," football finance expert Kieran Maguire told BBC Sport.