But Stefan Szymanski, anexpertin sports economics from the University of Michigan, told the BBC that even with the lower share price, Manchester United is still "the most valuable sports franchise in the world, and the American investors are looking at this as a franchise".
"An outflow of immigrants, or a reduction in the inflow, could actually lessen the recessionary pressures, " writes professor George Borjas, anexpert on labor economics at Harvard University, inan e-mail.