Manchester United are planning to use money-spinning friendlies across the world next season as a way to keep money flowing into the club should they fail to qualify for Europe.
United are currently 11 points behind fourth-placed Liverpool in the race for a Champions League spot, while the must overcome a 2-0 first leg deficit to Olympiacos to stay in this year’s competition.
The Guardian reports that David Moyes – should he remain in charge of the club – could lead his side in a number of money spinning friendly matches in the Middle East, China and the US to make up some of the £35m+ they would lose from being out of European competiton.
United would hope to charge a television audience a pay-per-view fee for the matches, as they did when they played a pre-season friendly last August against Swedish side AIK.
Moyes’ side could, in theory, make 6,000-mile round trips to the Middle East directly after Premier League matches as they look to make up the loss of a significant amount of their income.
