Manchester United debt biggest in Europe by €200 million

A 25 per cent increase on last year means the Old Trafford outfit's debt is comfortably the biggest in Europe but is balanced by huge revenues.

Manchester United have €200 million more debt than any other European football club, according to new figures released by UEFA.

The Club Licensing Benchmarking Report from European football's governing body, which covers the 2015 financial year, lists United's debt to be €536m - significantly more than the next club on the list, Benfica, with €336m.

United's figure is also an increase of 25 per cent on the previous 12 months, bucking trends across Europe of falling debts year-on-year for the past five years that UEFA attributes in part to its Financial Fair Play regulations.