tomaldinho1
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Why would Pep care about their social media presence?Incorrect.
The fan base has been buying player shirts/clothing, buying tickets to games and generally spending money which ultimately ends up MCFC's coffers.
The fan base, due to MCFC's success, has been growing, which increases MCFC revenue.
So the fan base does have a big role.
Here's another way to look at it.
If MCFC brought in Pep G, and during his time here, the fan base did not increase, revenues stayed the same, and their social media presence remained constant (i.e. no increase) - do you think they'd have won the treble last season?
Odds are that Pep G would've left, many quality players who not have joined the club and the project would've collapsed.
Regarding MUFC, the fan base does have an effect on the direction of the club, but we've been so badly managed (from the top down) that no amount of fan criticism/support would've changed our fortunes.
The Glazers and Woodward wrecked the club.
The revenue from fans is microscopic compared to the revenue that sponsors bring in, obvioisly these two are linked in most club i.e. your sponsor will pay you more if you have more followers on social media sites and in specific countries for example but that doesn't apply to the bulk of City's sponsors which are themselves or in some way political (they added some Japanese brands when the UAE entered into a partnership with Japan on renewables/tech).