Growth, yes. Growth relative to other top clubs
Growth, yes; growth relative to other top English sides, not much.
At the turn of the millennium, there was such an enormous gulf between United and every other English club - football-wise, finance-wise, and in annual growth, the number of domestic and international supporters, sponsorship deals, brand value - basically everything.
We have fecked up big time in the last two decades - the Glazers, Woody, the last few years of SAF, managers, players.....