Manchester United have gone on an investment 'road show'.

The Times says this week their globe-trotting policy is being taken to a new extreme in the form of a series of "road shows" across three continents, after the Glazer family settled on a £500 million bond issue to safeguard their much-criticised ownership of the club.

Yesterday a United delegation held road shows in Hong Kong and Singapore in an attempt to woo various financial institutions and attract the investment that would reduce the burden of the club's overall debts, last recorded at £699 million.

Today and tomorrow they return to Europe and David Gill, the chief executive, will host sales pitches in London, Paris, Frankfurt and Zurich. From there they will fly to the United States, where the Glazers, on home soil, will extol the benefits of investing in the world's most profitable but debt-ridden football club.