Woodward avoids LVG mention

Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward failed to mention under-fire manager Louis van Gaal as he discussed record quarterly revenues with the club’s investors on Friday.

United are on course to become the first British club to earn more than £500m in a single year, after announcing record revenues of £123.4m – up 29.9 per cent from last year – for the third quarter of 2016.

But that success off the pitch has not been matched by the team’s fortunes on it, with United trailing rivals Manchester City by two points in the race for fourth place heading into their final Premier League game of the season at home to Bournemouth on Sunday, live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 2.30pm.

The club’s damaging 3-2 defeat at West Ham on Tuesday has piled pressure on the Dutchman as United face up to the prospect of missing out on Champions League football for the second time in three seasons. 

Woodward touched on a variety of topics in his nine-minute conference call with investors as he outlined United’s willingness to spend this summer, while also praising the club’s youth academy, but did not refer to Van Gaal at any …

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