Manchester United are facing criticism after they put off paying a £10million tax bill despite being set to fork out £11m in dividends next month to their owners, including £8.5m to the Glazer family.
Small print in United's latest quarterly results reveal the Premier League giants chose to defer their £10m VAT bill to the UK Government for a year.
Yet the dividend, the second £11m windfall for their shareholders over the past 12 months, comes as United announced last week that their net debt had risen by £127.