{"podcast":{"title":"No Question About That - a Manchester United podcast","slug":"no-question-about-that-a-manchester-united-podcast-932306","podcast_index_feed_id":932306,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/COMG4321063114","website_url":"https://www.nqatpod.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/63328b78-ea1c-11ef-b333-c762c6cdd9c3/image/d77b69df37a07696bf1027f10d3e3562.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Studio 1878","episode_count":1023,"summary":"No Question About That is the original independent fan-published podcast covering Manchester United. Hosted by Ed, with contributions from Dan, Tom, Wayne, Dharnish, Adam, Jamie, Dominic and Isabel. NQAT covers the latest games, news, business, politics and fan culture at the world’s greatest football club. There are two main shows each week, a tactics show, and a football finance pod. If you are interested in supporting the show and accessing the weekly exclusive bonus episode, check out NQAT Extra on our Patreon page or subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Supporter funded episodes are ad-free. NQAT is also available in video on YouTube. Hit that subscribe button, leave a rating and write a review on Apple or Spotify.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T14:28:22.452521+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/no-question-about-that-a-manchester-united-podcast-932306"},"episode":{"title":"United Inc: How Much Can United Spend?","slug":"united-inc-how-much-can-united-spend","published_at":"2026-05-13T05:28:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/no-question-about-that-a-manchester-united-podcast-932306/united-inc-how-much-can-united-spend","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/no-question-about-that-a-manchester-united-podcast-932306","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG3779410649.mp3?updated=1778650571","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG3779410649.mp3?updated=1778650571","summary":"#1005 | Ed and Jamie discuss United’s likely Champions League revenue uplift, which might be over £100m across prize/broadcast, matchday and sponsorships. Despite higher associated costs EBITDA projections might top £250m next year. How might that translate into summer spending under new squad-cost rules? It might well be a theoretical ceiling near £400m, with £300m more plausible. And what other revenue streams might there be from possible sales to bolster United’s transfer budget? Finally, there’s a discussion on World Cup finances. How will FIFA spend its projected $13bn World Cup revenues, driven by high ticket pricing, commercial deals, and broadcasting rights? 00:00 Introduction 05:16 Matchday Income and Sponsorship Bump 11:18 How Much Can United Spend? 16:46 Transfer Targets and Player Sales 19:33 Betway Sponsorship 26:03 Michael Carrick 39:35 FIFA World Cup Finances If you are interested in supporting the show and accessing a weekly exclusive bonus episode, check out our Patreon page or subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Supporter funded episodes are ad-free. NQAT is available on all podcast apps and in video on YouTube. Hit that subscribe button, leave a rating and write a review on Apple or Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"#1005 | Ed and Jamie discuss United’s likely Champions League revenue uplift, which might be over £100m across prize/broadcast, matchday and sponsorships.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3795,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/no-question-about-that-a-manchester-united-podcast-932306/episodes/united-inc-how-much-can-united-spend/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/no-question-about-that-a-manchester-united-podcast-932306/united-inc-how-much-can-united-spend.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}