Man Utd: Are Glazers making amends with Red Devils fans?
Friday, 4 June was a momentous day in the recent history of Manchester United. The club’s ownership spoke directly to the fans.
Not once previously in a stewardship that dates back to the summer of 2005 had any representative of the Glazer family engaged with supporters.
But on that day, co-chairman Joel Glazer spoke with 11 representatives at a virtual fans’ forum.
He started with an apology, followed quickly by an admission that the distant nature of United’s American ownership “was not right”. Over the course of the following two hours, Glazer went through some of the plans he feels will make the club more inclusive and give the fans what they want.
However, many do not trust the 54-year-old.
They argue Glazer’s presence at the meeting was due entirely to the simmering discontent around his family’s ownership of United that erupted following the collapse of the European Super League.
They claim the £8m that will be paid to the family in dividends announced on 17 June is proof nothing is going to change.
Those fans are not interested in listening to the Glazers. They just want them out of their club.
Agencies