Gab Marcotti

They have to be given a chance as well.

And the reality is there's far fewer women officials to pick from than there are male officials.

Yes, apparently it was a 90% increase, something like that.

Yeah, and then you realise they made a £17.1 million loss.

And also, it's because of £16 million in sponsorship.

You don't know, which is funny when you think about Chelsea's shirt sponsor and how long it took them to get the number they wanted.

There's obviously...

money coming in but it's also any business where your revenues are 21.3 million and You know when your revenues are what 60% of your losses Or sorry of your of your costs rather.

Yeah, I Yes, not sustainable long-term so

We'll see how this goes.

If you have the team with the highest revenue that's in this situation, it might also explain why there's been suggestions that Sam Kerr, for example, might be moving on, who were right in leaving last year.

We'll see how that goes.

Yeah.

Still in the Women's Champions League, Bayern have to score late to knock out Manchester United.

Jules, this tie was level on aggregate until nine minutes from the end.

Some love for United women?

And for those who don't know, because they don't know the history of women's football in England, Manchester United historically have not invested in women's football the way City and Chelsea have done and the way Arsenal have done for the last 20-odd years.

So they are still playing catch-up in terms of institutional memory, in terms of history, in terms of team building.

Yeah, completely.

I wasn't sure anymore.