Who will win the FA Cup on Saturday? Whether it’s Manchester City or United, my money is on shares in the sponsors, who should be over the moon whichever side scores more goals at Wembley.
Football is a financial phenomenon. The billionaires Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani have each bid about £5 billion to buy Manchester United, in an auction as intense as any clash between the City boss, Pep Guardiola, and his red rival, Erik ten Hag.
Fortunately, you don’t need to be an athlete or a billionaire to play this beautiful game: equities enable anyone to participate in the financial excitement. Shares in Manchester United (stock market ticker: MANU) have soared 47 per cent since the club was put
