It remains to be seen who wins the two editions of the Manchester Derby this season, but off the pitch, in marketing at least, United are dominant. Sports Direct UK released a list of the 30 most popular individual player shirt sales, and no one from the blue side of Manchester cracked the top 30
Meanwhile United can boast the top two, three of the top five and four of the top ten in individual player kit sales, with Paul Pogba leading the way.
His BFF and fellow Mino Raiola client Romelu Lukaku is second with Marcus Rashford fifth and Zlatan Ibrahimovic tenth. United comprised nine of the top 30, with English Premier League footballers comprising every name on the list but three (Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi)
1. Paul Pogba (Manchester United)
2. Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United)
3. Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
4. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal)
5. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United)
6. Harry Kane (Tottenham)
7. Sadio Mane (Liverpool)
8. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
9. Philippe Coutiho (Liverpool)
10. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United)
11. Dele Alli (Tottenham)
12. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)
13. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle)
14. Ander Herrera (Manchester United)
15. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
16. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Manchester United)
17. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United)
18. Neymar Jr. (Barcelona/PSG)
19. N’Golo Kante(Chelsea)
20. Mesut Ozil (Arsenal)
21. John Terry (Chelsea/Aston Villa)
22. Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal)
23. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
24. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United/Everton)
25. Juan Mata (Manchester United)
26. Adam Lallana (Liverpool)
27. Alvaro Morata (Chelsea)
28. David De Gea (Manchester United)
29. Cheick Tiote (Newcastle United)
30. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham)
Congratulations Paul Pogba
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