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Man United's financial might only serves to highlight Van Gaal's dismal failure

The Premier League giants are tipped to leapfrog Real Madrid & Barcelona in next year's Deloitte Money League, which will heap further pressure on their under-fire manager

It is just shy of £200 million ($283m). “It” is the difference in turnover between Manchester United and any other club who were not in last season’s Champions League. Tottenham came closest. Their revenue was less than half of United’s £395.2 million ($560.1m).

Because the stand-out feature of the Deloitte Football Money League is not that Real Madrid are top, for an 11th successive year, or even that Barcelona overhauled United to claim second place.