Before anyone starts downvoting, I come in peace.
The entire English football media today is based around extorting United for clicks and attention. In the last decade of United pretty much dwindling with very little trophy success, I’ve heard Gary Neville go on and on about United. So much so that I’ve heard him(and some other English pundits) say that it would be best for English football for United to return back to trophy success - why exactly?
I’m not English so maybe that’s why I don’t understand it but why is it so hard for the English media to accept that United existing without trophy success is not some atomic bomb to English football?
Eras come and go: Chelsea, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Everton, Arsenal, Nottingham Forrest. United or any other club should not be exempt from what I perceive to be the natural law of the English game.
Its a tik-tok generation question, where not being a consistent title contender = mid table. You know, like Arsenal, and Tottenham 😋.
Long story short - you would see a lot less tiktokers or youtubers puting up discussion videos or reels about them. Interest in the international market would dwindle and that would have an impact on merchandise revenue… but that would be about it. It would still enjoy from a healthy domestic fanbase, which are actually the people that keep the club alive… and those would usually take 30 to 40 years to disappear. Take Everton or Newcastle. Newcastle even spent quite a bit of time going up and down on the EPL, and still kept massive domestic interest over their fans.
Dont mistake what happens in the internet with real.life. internet seeks hype and trends. Real.life is a lot more about dedication and progressive growth / investment
Most of United’s revenue does not come from the local fan case. None of the big EPL clubs do. It’s the tv money. From fans who watch all around the world. Local revenue is a tiny percentage
But in that sense it is the EPL global rights and indifferent if the club is doing well or not.
A good advantage (and fairness) of the EPL is the collective bargaining of the tv rights.