Sport 01-12-1999 Manchester United - The Richest & The Best who: Manchester United what: Defeat Brazillians Palmeiras 1-0 where: National Stadium , Tokyo when: Yesterday snippet: Manchester United defeated Brazillians Palmeiras 1-0 in the Intercontinental Cup final yesterday morning at the National Stadium in Tokyo, proving, says Colin Joyce in The Independent, that they are officially "champions of the world". They owe their win to goalkeeper Mark Bosnich, he says, who "ensured that a single goal by Roy Keane in the 35th minute was enough to earn victory." "They succeeded where Celtic, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa had failed," writes Oliver Holt in The Times, "and gained a measure of revenge for their own defeat against Estudiantes 31 years ago." Meanwhile, the release of the Deloitte & Touche Rich List yesterday officially proclaimed United as "the richest football club in the world" says a report elsewhere in The Independent. The club`s turnover in the 1997-98 season was £87.9m, 20 percent ahead of second-place Real Madrid. [... more]

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