Man United first quarter core earnings fall 25 percent as matchday income shrinks

(Reuters) – English soccer club Manchester United posted a 25 percent fall in quarterly core earnings as its absence from the lucrative Champions League competition and fewer home games at the start of the season hit its matchday revenue.
United, whose players include Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, are currently sixth in the 20-team English Premier League.
The team failed to reach the Champions League for the current 2016-17 season after finishing only fifth in the Premier League in t