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Manchester United clocks up $30m loss

Premier League football club Manchester United registered a $30m loss amid the pandemic.

Premier League football club Manchester United registered a $30m loss amid the pandemic. Kieran Maguire wrote The Price of Football and is a lecturer in sports finance at Liverpool University, and tells us what's behind the loss. Meanwhile, there is talk of Manchester United being one of the clubs in a proposed new European Super League. Tom Greatrex of the English Football Supporters Association is a member of the FA Council, which oversees the game in England, and gives us his reaction to the idea. Also in the programme, Kolkata in India is celebrating the Hindu festival of Durga Puja. Millions of people normally go to temporary temples or pandals that are set up as the city shuts down for four days, and it's an important part of the city's economy. But as the 成人快手's Rahul Tandon reports, it's now at the centre of a court battle over striking a balance between saving the economy and saving lives. We hear reaction from economist Saswati Chaudhury, and writer Sandip Roy. Plus, there's been an increase in pet ownership since the pandemic forced many of us around the world to start working from home. Justine Thompson is editor of the website Pet Business World News, and talks us through the positive financial impact the trend is having on pet food suppliers and pet stores.

(Picture: Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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  • Wed 21 Oct 2020 14:32GMT