Quote (WNxIrvine @ 23 Feb 2017 09:39)

Damn right I'm salty that utd turned into a buying team instead of a building team. I grew up seeing decent local players from youth academies dominating the league, now SAF's left the last high end bastion of local talent has turned into another chelshit.

Quote (WNxIrvine @ Feb 23 2017 10:00am)

That's my point, the other teams aren't different, but utd used to be different, that's why they attracted so many fans, not because they were always on top, but because they did it without the huge spending of others.

It's just a shame to see is all.

Quote (excellence @ Feb 23 2017 02:13pm)

Rashford >> Vardy

Quote (WNxIrvine @ 23 Feb 2017 16:07)

How many PL medals does rashford have again? B)

Quote (ampoo @ Feb 23 2017 03:08pm)

will soon have a bundesliga medal

Quote (chelsea11 @ 23 Feb 2017 16:27)

they were so popular because they were the best. Not because any other reason rofl...

Quote (Speckham23 @ Feb 23 2017 06:02pm)

no, back then ManU had players that actually loved their club, now the EPL is full of mercenaries...

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Manchester United have replaced Bayern Munich as the most popular team online in China, according to a new report.

The sixth edition of the Red Card, which analyses the influence of 53 European clubs on China's social media platforms, has Arsenal and Liverpool joint third with Manchester City fifth.

The German Bundesliga remains the most influential league online.

Arsenal's Mesut Ozil is the second most popular player behind Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo.

United forward Wayne Rooney, who has been linked with a move to China, also features in the top five, along with Old Trafford team-mate Anthony Martial.

Real's Wales international Gareth Bale is third, but Lionel Messi is a notable absentee. The Barcelona forward does not have a social media presence in China.

The study took its data from Chinese social media platforms WeChat and Weibo, the latter a cross between Twitter and Facebook, as well as audience figures from live streams of games and how the respective club websites perform in the country.

David Hornby, head of sport at Mailman which produced the annual report, told BBC Sport: "The Premier League is complacent. Its clubs have decent numbers of followers on Weibo, but not as high engagement.

"The Bundesliga clubs are far more active. The German league tells its clubs what to do, whereas the respective Premier League clubs are in control of what they do."

Regarding United's ascent to the top for the first time since the report began, Hornby said: "There was a gap between following and engagement.

"United were the most followed, but Bayern were a country mile ahead regarding activity online. But United have taken big strides with fan events and a tour last year."

Quote (Pozer @ Feb 23 2017 06:21pm)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39061930

Didn't know Typical Germans had any fans outside of Germany, I certainly don't know any.