Cristiano Ronaldo and ManU part ways: The story behind the divide

<keyword id="18001" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cristiano-ronaldo" source="Orion">Cristiano Ronaldo</keyword> is reportedly pushing to leave <keyword id="6034" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="manchester-united" source="Orion">Manchester United</keyword> and join <keyword id="195179" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="paris-saint-germain" source="Orion">Paris Saint-Germain</keyword> (<keyword id="195189" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="psg" source="Orion">PSG</keyword>) at the end of the season. There have been rumours since Manchester United dropped the 37-year-old for the derby clash with Manchester City on Sunday with interim boss Ralf Rangnick claiming his absence was due to a hip injury, but there were reports that <keyword id="6035" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ronaldo" source="Orion">Ronaldo</keyword> was not injured.<br /><br />Ronaldo is believed to have been left 'furious' after being told that he would not be in the squad for the clash at the Etihad Stadium, which resulted in him taking a trip to his native Portugal for warm weather training.<br /><br />Cristiano Ronaldo has decided to leave Manchester United at the end of the season if they don't qualify for the Champions League, with a move to PSG high on his agenda, FootballTransfers reports.<br /><br />Ronaldo has flown to Portugal with his future on his mind and, with United's Premier League struggles to make a top-four spot unlikely, he is planning his next move.<br /><br />The report adds that a return to Serie A with Juventus has been ruled out, while a reunion with Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon is also highly unlikely.<br /><br />As a result, CR7 is courting a move to Paris which would see him sensationally team up with Lionel Messi and Neymar at the Ligue 1 giants in a dream forward line.<br /><br />Manchester United have been disappointing since Ronaldo's return, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer being sacked in December to be replaced by veteran coach Ralf Rangnick.<br /><br />Ronaldo's form has suffered since the German became interim boss, and the Red Devils are currently in fifth, one point behind Arsenal, while the Gunners have three games in hand.<br /><br />In the first half of the season, Ronaldo maintained his reputation as a devastating goalscorer as he frequently found the target and in big games, too.<br /><br />He has 15 goals in all competitions since his return, but the majority of those came in the first six months of the season.<br /><br />By his standards, he is on a dreadful run of goalscoring form currently, finding the net on just one occasion in his last 10 matches.<br /><strong><br />SEE ALSO</strong><br /><a class="tout-title-link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/lt-tcs-metro-brands-ongc-and-other-hot-stocks-to-watch-out-for-on-march-8/slidelist/90066381.cms">L&amp;T, TCS, Metro Brands, ONGC and other hot stocks to watch out for on March 8</a><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/from-byjus-to-mobikwik-here-is-the-list-of-women-led-startups-valued-over-a-billion-dollars/slidelist/90059277.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Here are the women who lead India’s billion dollar startups</a><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/better-com-is-reportedly-set-to-lay-off-4000-more-workers-this-week/articleshow/90065524.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Better.com is reportedly set to lay off 4,000 more workers this week</a><br />

Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly looking to leave Manchester United to join Messi and Neymar at Paris Saint-Germain

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5d56feb0cd9784167549e475-1467/felix%20signing.jpg" border="0" alt="felix signing" data-mce-source="Photo by AP Images -Manu Fernandez" data-link="http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Spain-Soccer-Atletico-Madrid-Joao-Felix/7f24b6dd3afc41c49731c6144ac45e5f/14/0"><p class="source"><span><a href="http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Spain-Soccer-Atletico-Madrid-Joao-Felix/7f24b6dd3afc41c49731c6144ac45e5f/14/0">Photo by AP Images -Manu Fernandez</a></span></p><p class="caption">Felix joined Atletico for $137 million this summer.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Joao Felix, 19, become the fourth most expensive player of all time when he joined Atletico Madrid from Benfica this summer in a deal worth $137 million.</li><li>Felix made his first team debut at Benfica less than a year ago, but quickly established himself as one of Europe's hottest young talents - scoring 20 goals in all competitions for the Portuguese champion last season.</li><li>Pressure is on Felix to fill the boots of Cristiano Ronaldo for the Portugal national team, but <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/joao-felix-wants-to-surpass-atleticos-portuguese-legends/6zsd025ferv71mkyagbhs602u" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the youngster told Goal</a>: "Cristiano is Cristiano and I want to be myself."</li><li>He is expected to make his La Liga debut Sunday when Atletico welcomes Getafe to the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.</a></li></ul><p>Joao Felix was on the verge of leaving SL Benfica to <a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11685/11456839/west-ham-target-primeira-liga-players-moussa-marega-yacine-brahimi-joao-felix-and-xande-silva">join West Ham United</a> in 2018. But within one year, he became the fourth most expensive footballer of all time when he signed a $137.5 million deal with the UEFA Champions League contender Atletico Madrid.</p><p>In the space of those 12 months Felix went from a teenager who had yet to make his first team debut, to a young man with the world at his feet, and its weight on his shoulders.</p><h2>And it was all because a star had been born</h2><p>After plying his trade with Benfica's B team throughout the 2017-2018 season, Felix was handed his first team debut on the second day of the 2018-2019 season by then-manager Rui Vitoria.</p><p>Felix, 18 at the time, came on as a late substitute in a 2-0 win against Boavista, and did enough to earn himself another call-up to the first team the following week, this time against bitter rival Sporting Lisbon.</p><p>Felix entered the Estádio Sport Lisboa field as a 71st-minute sub, but after scoring the equalizer in a 1-1 draw with just four minutes left to play, he left it a Benfica hero. His brilliant headed goal also saw him become the <a href="https://talksport.com/football/561109/joao-felix-transfer-market-atletico-madrid-opinion/">youngest ever scorer in the Lisbon derby.</a></p><p><strong>Watch it here:</strong></p><p>"I shivered," Felix <a href="https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/agora/noticias/2018-2019/08/25/joao-felix-declaracoes-futebol-benfica-sporting-derbi-3-jornada-liga-nos">told Benfica's official website</a> after the match. "I've been working for this, to play. I have to thank them for the chance they have given me."</p><p>He added: "I want to keep doing things well and to have more chances like these."</p><p>Felix's words became a self-fulfilling prophecy because, through the rest of the campaign, Felix became Benfica's star player, scoring 20 goals and providing 11 assists as Benfica won the Primeira Liga for the 37th time in it's history, flourishing under new boss Bruno Lage's tutelage.</p><p><em><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/teenagers-taking-the-sports-world-by-storm-2019-8?r=US&amp;IR=T">15 teenagers who are taking the world of sports by storm in 2019</a></em></p><p>His domestic efforts led to a call up to the Portugal national team for the first time in March, for whom he soon made his debut during the UEFA Nations League semifinal victory over Switzerland, a tournament Portugal would go on to win by beating the Netherlands 1-0 in the final.</p><h2>A new Ronaldo</h2><p>Felix has already been compared to a number of his country's biggest ever stars. The 19-year-old has been dubbed the <a href="https://www.calciomercato.com/en/news/rui-costa-on-juventus-target-joao-felix-some-players-you-can-t-h-64710">"heir to Rui Costa"</a>, and likened to <a href="https://www.espn.co.uk/football/club/portugal/482/blog/post/3867355/cristiano-Ronaldo-is-the-presentjoao-felix-is-the-future-for-portugal-can-they-win-the-nations-league">two-time Champions League winner Paolo Sousa</a>.</p><p>The most regular comparison for Felix however, is to Cristiano Ronaldo.</p><p>Around 6-foot in height, both forwards are right-footed who play for Portugal. The parallels between the pair are obvious, but there is more to it than size, stature, and style of play.</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5d56fd14cd978475785a3072-2000/felix%20ronaldo.jpg" border="0" alt="Felix, Ronaldo.JPG" data-mce-source="Photo by Reuters - Rafael Marchante" data-mce-caption="The present and future of Portuguese football." data-link="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC1E9C631AE0%3A820469117&amp;search=all%3Afelix%20ronaldo"><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC1E9C631AE0%3A820469117&amp;search=all%3Afelix%20ronaldo">Photo by Reuters - Rafael Marchante</a></span></p><p class="caption">The present and future of Portuguese football.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>Ronaldo has been the shining light for a relatively successful Portugal side over the last 15 years.</p><p>The Juventus attacker led his country to the final of the UEFA European Championship in 2004, losing to Greece, and did not win a major title until 2016, when it finally lifted the trophy it missed out on 12 years prior.</p><p>Success in the inaugural UEFA Nations League in 2019 followed.</p><p>Portuguese soccer is seemingly on a hot streak and while losing Ronaldo will be a loss, it is Felix who is expected to emulate his ageing countryman and help march the team into a new era.</p><p>But with expectations heavy on his shoulders, Felix says he is ready to rise to the challenge and write his own chapter of Portuguese sporting history.</p><p>"Several Portuguese players have played here; big players that were important for Portuguese football. I want to do as well or even better than them," <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/joao-felix-wants-to-surpass-atleticos-portuguese-legends/6zsd025ferv71mkyagbhs602u" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he said upon signing</a>.</p><p>Speaking on the Ronaldo comparisons, he added: "Cristiano is the best in the world. When we were in the Portugal squad, he always talked a lot about Madrid and said he liked it a lot. But I'm here to do my own story and to be remembered as Joao Felix. They are good comparisons, but Cristiano is Cristiano and I want to be myself."</p><h2>Atletico is a conveyor belt of gilt-edged goalscoring talent</h2><p>If Felix is to indeed live up to his own lofty ambitions, he couldn't be at a better club.</p><p>Whether they come from Atletico's famous academy system, like club hero Fernando Torres and Real Madrid legend Raul, or are brought in from elsewhere and nurtured like Sergio Aguero, Radamel Falcao, and Diego Costa - the La Liga giant has developed a reputation for producing some of the world's finest strikers in the modern era.</p><p>Atletico has long been a conveyor belt of gilt-edged goalscoring talent, as Christian Vieri, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, and Antoine Griezmann have graced its soccer fields at some point in their respective careers. And while the club has bought and sold many elite players, it has somehow always managed to unearth the next big thing.</p><p><strong>And Felix is planning to be the next big thing.</strong></p><p>"I saw the strikers that Atletico had and they were great players, great strikers," <a href="https://www.espn.co.uk/football/atletico-madrid/story/3909717/felix-i-joined-atletico-due-to-record-with-forwards">Felix told ESPN last month</a>. "I want to be one more and this is why I choose to come here."</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5d56fcc8cd978433d2728812-2000/koke%20and%20felix.jpg" border="0" alt="koke and felix" data-mce-source="Photo by AP Images - Kim Klement" data-mce-caption="Felix with team-mates Koke and Hector Herrera." data-link="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_MT1USATODAY13125598%3A445306502&amp;search=all%3Ajoao%20felix"><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_MT1USATODAY13125598%3A445306502&amp;search=all%3Ajoao%20felix">Photo by AP Images - Kim Klement</a></span></p><p class="caption">Felix with team-mates Koke and Hector Herrera.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>Felix is now playing for a great coach in Diego Simeone, who has been planning how to optimize his record signing so he can wreak havoc in front of opposition defenders from the start of the season.</p><p>"I see him playing with other players up front who can give him opportunities to do damage with his vision of the game," said the Argentine boss, <a href="https://www.apnews.com/9491d87a49484858989d938504bb0dc0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to AP</a>. "When you have his talent and his desire to improve, you can play anywhere."</p><p>Felix already proved he can play the role Simeone envisages for him during Atleti's pre-season campaign.</p><p>The teenager impressed against club rival Real Madrid, scoring one and setting up another in a 7-3 drubbing of Zinedine Zidane's side. He shined just as bright against Juventus a fortnight later, scoring both goals in a 2-1 win.</p><p>That performance against Juventus seemed more significant than the Madrid showing, as Felix outshone Cristiano Ronaldo - the man he's supposed to take the crown of Portuguese soccer from - at the Friends Arena in Sweden.</p><p>While the game wasn't quite a coronation of Portugal's youngest prince however, it may just have been the start of Felix's ascension to the palace of the Portuguese Kings.</p><p>And you can see more of him when he makes his La Liga debut, potentially on Sunday when Atletico takes on Getafe at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.</p><p>It it is anything like his Benfica debut, it will not be long before he is headline news once again.</p><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/s19Wmk08zOQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nba-teams-2019-beat-1996-chicago-bulls-basketball-players-better-2019-8">Statistics tell us today's NBA teams would beat the 1996 Bulls</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/oqJJcYD1-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

Joao Felix, the $137 million prince of Portuguese football and heir to Cristiano Ronaldo, is set to take La Liga by storm this season

Star Indian batter <keyword id="496245" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="suryakumar-yadav" source="Orion">Suryakumar Yadav</keyword> has retained his top position in the ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings following his match-winning ton against New Zealand in the second T20I of the recently concluded three-match T20I series, which India won 1-0. <br /><br /> He has also widened the rating points gap with the second-ranked batter Mohammad Rizwan. Currently, Suryakumar has 890 points while Rizwan has 836 points. <br /><br /> New Zealand opener Devon Conway's knock of 59 in the tied final match of the series against India has helped him gain one slot to reach the third position while Glenn Phillips (up one place to seventh among batters) and <keyword id="79125" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="tim-southee" source="Orion">Tim Southee</keyword> (up two places to joint-14th among bowlers) have also gained.<br /><br /> For India, captain <keyword id="6354903" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="hardik-pandya" source="Orion">Hardik Pandya</keyword>'s unbeaten 30 in the final match has helped him reach joint-50th position among batters while Bhuvneshwar Kumar (up two places to 11th), Arshdeep Singh (up one place to 21st) and Yuzvendra Chahal (up eight places to 40th) are the bowlers to gain in the latest update.<br /><br /> Australia openers David Warner and <keyword id="1182470" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="travis-head" source="Orion">Travis Head</keyword> have made notable gains in the ICC Men's ODI Player Rankings after an epic 269-run partnership at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) while <keyword id="84726" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="steve-smith" source="Orion">Steve Smith</keyword>'s consistence performances in the home series against England have helped him attain a career-best equaling the seventh position.<br /><br /> Warner, a formerly top-ranked batter, has gained one spot to reach the fifth position in the list after a score of 106 in the final match that helped him finish with 240 runs and win the Player of the Series award. Head, who accumulated 208 runs after his Player of the Match effort of 152 at the MCG, has progressed 12 spots to reach the 30th position.<br /><br /> Smith finished third in the list of run-scorers, his 195 runs good enough to lift him three places to seventh place, a position he had held in January 2017. Marnus Labuschagne and Mitchell Marsh to have moved up the list and occupy the 68th and 84th positions, respectively.<br /><br /> Fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who was named Player of the Match for a haul of four for 47 in the second ODI in Sydney, has moved up four places to take the fourth position while leg-spinner Adam Zampa (up eight places to seventh) and Pat Cummins (up one place to 17th) have also moved up the bowlers' rankings.<br /><br /> For England, Phil Salt and Dawid Malan have entered the top 100. Salt has progressed six slots to reach the 97th position while Malan has advanced 56 places and is ranked 100th.<br /><br /> Players from Namibia and the USA have also gained in the latest weekly update for their performances in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. Skipper Gerhard Erasmus of Namibia (up two places to 48th) and Monank Patel of the USA (up three places to 50th) have moved up the batters' list while Saurabh Netravalkar of the USA has reached a career-best 31st position among bowlers after taking two wickets each against Namibia and Papua New Guinea. <br /><br /><strong>SEE ALSO:<br /><a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/sports/news/fifa-wc-crazy-things-happen-says-saudi-arabia-manager-after-win-over-argentina/articleshow/95704755.cms">FIFA WC: Crazy things happen, says Saudi Arabia manager after win over Argentina</a><br /><a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/sports/news/cristiano-ronaldo-and-manchester-united-part-ways-the-story-behind-the-divide/slidelist/95704897.cms">Cristiano Ronaldo and ManU part ways: The story behind the divide</a></strong><br />

ICC T20 Rankings: Suryakumar Yadav retains number one spot among batters

<ul><li><strong>The owners of <keyword id="6034" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="manchester-united" source="Orion">Manchester United</keyword>, one of the leading football clubs, have shown interest in picking up an <keyword id="85672" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ipl-franchise" source="Orion">IPL franchise</keyword>.</strong></li><li><strong>Given that India is a cricket crazy nation, it might make sense for businesses to pick up an <keyword id="6354312" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ipl" source="Orion">IPL</keyword> franchise, but it does seem strange for the owners of a <keyword id="95431" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="football-club" source="Orion">football club</keyword> to do so.</strong></li><li><strong>Business Insider decodes why it might not be strange after all for ManU owners, the Glazer brothers, to pick up an IPL franchise.</strong></li></ul>Manchester United fans in India have one more thing to be excited about after getting back Cristiano Ronaldo this year – the club’s owners are getting excited about the world’s biggest <keyword id="360282" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cricket-league" source="Orion">cricket league</keyword>, the Indian Premier League (IPL).<br /><br />According to a report by <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/manchester-united-owners-show-interest-in-ipl-franchise/articleshow/87175010.cms">The Times of India</a>, Manchester United owners, Avram Glazer and Joel Glazer, have picked up the invitation-to-tender (ITT) document for bidding for a new IPL franchise. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) floated tenders to invite bids for two new IPL teams.<br /><br />Another report also suggests that BCCI extended the deadline for picking up the tender documents for the Glazer family, which could imply that the ManU (Manchester United) owners are serious about getting one of the two new IPL teams.<br /><br />But why would the owners of a highly popular football club even want to bid for an IPL team in the first place? There could be multiple reasons.<br /><br />For starters, even though Manchester United is financially one of the biggest clubs in the English Premier League (EPL), with a revenue of ₹5,107 crore in 2021, it has reported losses in three out of the past four years.<br /><br /><table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none;" class="redcator-table-advance"><colgroup></colgroup><col /><col /><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Year<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Profit/loss<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2018<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">-£37.63 million (approx. -₹389 crore)<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2019<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">£18.88 million (approx. ₹195 crore)<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2020<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">-£23.23 million (approx. -₹240 crore)<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2021<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">-£92.22 million (approx. -₹952 crore)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody></table><em>Source: Company reports</em><br /><br />That is a cumulative loss of nearly £134 million (approx. ₹1,400 crore) in the last four years.<br /><br />In comparison, <keyword id="13886" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="chennai-super-kings" source="Orion">Chennai Super Kings</keyword> (CSK) and <keyword id="13880" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="mumbai-indians" source="Orion">Mumbai Indians</keyword> (MI), two of the most profitable franchises in the IPL, have reported profits in three out of the past four years.<br /><br /><table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none;" class="redcator-table-advance"><colgroup></colgroup><col /><col /><col /><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Year<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">CSK<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Mumbai Indians<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2017-18<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">-₹0.5 crore<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">-₹2 crore<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2018-19<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">₹111 crore<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">₹91 crore<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2019-20<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">₹50 crore<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">₹57 crore<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2020-21<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">₹40 crore<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.5pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.5pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 5.75pt 0pt 5.75pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">₹29 crore<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody></table><em>Source: Company reports</em><br /><br />In the unlisted market, CSK is <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/chennai-super-kings-looks-set-to-become-india-s-first-sports-unicorn-121101700935_1.html">said</a> to have a valuation of anywhere between ₹3,300 to ₹4,200 crore (approx. $0.4-0.6 billion) – which means it is halfway through the unicorn status.<br /><br />Unicorn is a term used to refer to firms with a valuation of $1 billion or more.<br /><br />ManU, on the other hand, is <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2021/05/07/worlds-most-valuable-sports-teams-2021/">said</a> to be valued at $4.2 billion in 2021. With new IPL franchises <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/ipl-2022-bcci-expects-rs-5000-crore-windfall-as-base-price-for-new-teams-kept-at-rs-2000-crore/articleshow/85788319.cms">expected</a> to cost between ₹2,000-3,500 crore, this would allow the Glazer brothers to scoop up what could be a value purchase.<br /><br /><cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Challenge for Glazers – money making in the EPL is different from the IPL" comment="subhead" text="Challenge for Glazers – money making in the EPL is different from the IPL"><span data-til="noop">Challenge for Glazers – money making in the EPL is different from the IPL</span></cmsannotation><br /><br />If ManU owners indeed buy an IPL franchise, they will have to change the way they think about money making.<br /><br />For instance, while merchandise revenue accounts for nearly 19% of the club’s total revenue, it doesn’t even register as a separate item in CSK’s financial reports.<br /><br />On the flip side, employee benefit expenses – the money that franchises pay to their players and staff, is slightly on the lower side for IPL franchises, when compared to ManU.<br /><br />While employee benefit expenses accounted for 60% of ManU’s operating expenses, it stood at 54% for CSK.<br /><br />With the kind of craze that cricket and IPL have in India, and the profitability of CSK and MI, this could prove to be a no-brainer even for a family that is invested in football.<br /><br />According to <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/big-growth-ipl-2021-viewership-count-hits-380-million-mark/the-biggest-t20-league-in-the-world/slideshow/86674520.cms">BCCI</a>, IPL’s television viewership stood at 380 million after the first 35 matches, with 21 more league matches left and the knockout matches and finals yet to be accounted for.<br /><br /><strong>SEE ALSO:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/telecom/news/reliance-jios-september-earnings-to-be-driven-by-aggressive-subscriber-additions/articleshow/87178742.cms">Reliance Jio’s September earnings to be driven by aggressive subscriber additions</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/personal-finance/news/indias-mutual-fund-industry-gets-its-hands-on-blockbuster-ipos-like-paras-defence-and-others-for-1500-crore-in-september/articleshow/87182408.cms">India’s mutual fund industry gets its hands on blockbuster IPOs like Paras Defence and others for ₹1500 crore in September</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/twitter-launches-live-scorecard-for-cricket-announces-first-community-in-india-for-cricket-fans/articleshow/87180597.cms">Twitter launches live scorecard for cricket, announces first community in India for cricket fans</a></strong><br />

Manchester United owners are getting drawn to the world's biggest cricket league – here's why

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Juventus shares slid 12% after English teams withdrew from the <keyword id="381358" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="European-super-league">European Super League</keyword>.</li><li><keyword id="6034" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Manchester-United">Manchester United</keyword> slid 6% on Tuesday and traded 1% lower in pre-market.</li><li>The ESL would have been highly lucrative but now appears doomed to failure.</li></ul><p>Shares in Italy's <keyword id="2741934" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Juventus-FC">Juventus FC</keyword> tumbled 14% on the Italian stock exchange on Wednesday after controversial plans for a European Super League <keyword id="3071" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Soccer">soccer</keyword> tournament all but imploded as English and Italian teams withdrew.</p><p>Manchester United shares were down marginally on the New York Stock Exchange in early trading, after they slid 6% on Tuesday.</p><p>"I don't think that project is now still up and running," Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli, one of the key drivers behind the plans for the ESL, said on Wednesday, according to the BBC.</p><p>The decision of many of Europe's richest and most successful clubs to sign up to a highly lucrative new tournament boosted the share prices of the clubs listed on the stock market on Monday.</p><p>Shares in <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/jvtsf-stock">Juventus</a> (ticker JUVE), Cristiano Ronaldo's team, rallied sharply on Italy's stock exchange on Monday after the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jpmorgan-criticized-by-soccer-football-fans-over-super-league-funding-2021-4">JPMorgan-backed</a> plans were announced.</p><p><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/manu-stock">Manchester United</a> (MANU) shares also j, with investors liking the look of a tournament that would make the clubs much richer.</p><p>But the plans, which would exclude all but 5 other teams each year, were met with howls of outrage from soccer fans across the continent.</p><p>On Wednesday, the entire European Super League project all but collapsed after the six English teams <a href="https://www.insider.com/super-league-falling-apart-tottenham-joke-2021-4">pulled out</a> of the competition. They were: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham. Italian teams AC Milan and Inter also said they would withdraw, as did Spain's Atletico Madrid.</p><p>Now the tournament - which has also enlisted Spain's Barcelona and Real Madrid, as well as Italy's Juventus - appears doomed.</p><p>"It's been a total debacle for the clubs - investors may be cautious about investing in football teams; they usually are," Neil Wilson, chief market analyst at <keyword id="31671" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="markets">Markets</keyword>.com, said.</p><p>The fall took Juventus' shares down to 0.75 euros (around $0.90), virtually where they closed on Friday. Manchester United's shares traded at around $16.20 in pre-market, also near Friday's closing price.</p>

Juventus shares tumble 14% while Manchester United slips as European Super League soccer plan implodes

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5c896948daa507206211a3f3-1780/lionel-messi-penalty.jpg" border="0" alt="Lionel Messi penalty" data-mce-source="AP Photo/Manu Fernandez"><p class="source"><span>AP Photo/Manu Fernandez</span></p><p class="caption">Lionel Messi had Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes guessing with his "Panenka" penalty kick.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li><strong>Lionel Messi scored a crafty goal early in Barcelona's Champions League match against Lyon.</strong></li><li><strong>Messi popped a gentle penalty kick right down the middle of the goal, deceiving Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes, who dived to the ground in anticipation of a sharp strike.</strong></li><li><strong>The shot is known as a "Panenka" penalty and is one of the many psychological advantages Messi has employed over opposing goalkeepers in his time as one of the most feared players on the planet.</strong></li></ul><p>Lionel Messi added yet another impressive goal to his highlight reel on Wednesday, scoring the opening goal from the spot to give Barcelona a 1-0 lead in the second leg of their Champions League matchup against French club Lyon.</p><p>Barcelona earned the penalty kick just 17 minutes into the match when Lyon defender <span>Jason Denayer made contact with Luis Suárez in the box.</span></p><p><span>Messi stepped up to take the kick, and while Barcelona's captain has plenty of different ways to strike a penalty into the back of the net, he decided to get a bit cheeky with his first goal of the match, popping the ball right down the middle of the net as Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes dived to the ground with the hopes of stopping the strike.</span></p><p>Messi's kick was what's known as a "Panenka" penalty, named after <span>Czech player&#xa0;</span>Antonín Panenka<span>, who popularized the move after <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd1Hr96IenI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">using it to win the </a></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd1Hr96IenI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UEFA Euro 1976 tournament</a>, sneaking his surprise softball past <span>German goalkeeper&#xa0;</span>Sepp Maier to claim the title.</p><p>Today, the move is a popular move in the arsenal of talented players across the world and is especially effective when employed by some of the world's most intimidating scorers.</p><p>With the goal, Barcelona took a 1-0 aggregate lead over Lyon after the two teams played to a 0-0 draw in their first match.</p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more on Champions League:</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cristiano-ronaldo-truly-awful-in-the-champions-league-this-year-charts-2019-2" data-analytics-position="14" data-analytics-module="onecolumn-post_image">5 charts that show how truly awful Cristiano Ronaldo has been in the Champions League this year</a></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cristiano-ronaldo-brought-juventus-back-from-the-dead-beating-atletico-3-0-2019-3" data-analytics-position="11" data-analytics-module="onecolumn-post_image">Cristiano Ronaldo single-handedly brought Juventus back from the brink of defeat in stunning Champions League win over Atletico Madrid</a></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/manchester-united-psg-var-rashford-penalty-kick-champions-league-2019-3" data-analytics-position="36" data-analytics-module="homepage-river">Manchester United shocks Paris Saint-Germain with help of controversial last-second penalty kick awarded by VAR</a></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-handball-psg-championshs-league-right-alexi-lalas-2019-3" data-analytics-position="35" data-analytics-module="homepage-river">Alexi Lalas explained why handballs should be a simple call moments before a controversial VAR review knocked PSG out of Champions League</a></p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Messi did not have to do that, but he did it anyway 😬<br><br>Can Lyon respond? 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