WesternUnited made an AU$11 million loss last season and haver AU$55 million in debt.
To put that into perspective, when asking for Covid funding the Phoenix said their income before coming was NZ$7.6 million and their costs were NZ$8.6. Although I'd hope that Phoenix income and budget have both gone up since then, it seems like Western United is loosing more per season than the Phoenix spend. Imagine what their budget is.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/aug/02/western-uniteds-multimillion-dollar-loss-highlights-a-leagues-ongoing-struggles?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
To put that into perspective, when asking for Covid funding the Phoenix said their income before coming was NZ$7.6 million and their costs were NZ$8.6. Although I'd hope that Phoenix income and budget have both gone up since then, it seems like Western United is loosing more per season than the Phoenix spend. Imagine what their budget is.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/aug/02/western-uniteds-multimillion-dollar-loss-highlights-a-leagues-ongoing-struggles?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
APL annual disbursements per club, have in that time gone from over $3M per season down to $530K. So the Nix's annual income may actually have fallen since pre Covid.
Plus since 2020 the ALW team has started up, and the Academy further expanded. I'm guessing there is more FTE at the club now than 2020.
Luckily Rob M's Infratil have done okay the last few years.
Just as the ACT Govt has bailed out the Canberra ALW team for the time being, I wouldn't be surprised if the VIctorian Govt prop up Western United short term in need. Western Melbs is a big growth corridor and the State Govt plus Wyndham Council will really want that new 15K stadium to happen, and WU to survive as the major tenant.
The commentators in the WU verus Sydney Australia Cup game, seemed bullish WU's new ownership setup (dodgy or not) would be sorted soon.