“Armageddon” – Shocking Old Trafford scenes expected as Man Utd fans reach boiling point | OneFootball

Manchester United fans are reportedly planning a major protest against the club’s majority owners, the Glazer family.

The Glazers have been public enemy number one for the Red Army. They have been urged to sell the club for the best part of the last 15 years, but to no avail. The club’s supporters have been blaming the owners for their lack of interest in the club and their absurd management, considering it the main reason behind the ongoing free fall.

The Glazers sold a minority stake to Sir Jim Ratcliffe just over a year ago. The billionaire and his group, INEOS, also assumed control over the club’s day-to-day operations. And while Ratcliffe and his associates haven’t covered themselves in glory, many continue to defend them, considering their unpopular decisions a consequence of the Glazers’ abysmal administration.

Man Utd to stage large protest against the Glazers on Sunday

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So following last Sunday’s FA Cup elimination at the hands of Fulham, Man Utd supporters have reached their boiling point. According to a press release shared by Manchester Evening News journalist Samuel Luckhurst, the fans are invited to dress in black instead of their traditional red when the club hosts Arsenal at Old Trafford on Sunday.

The aim is apparently to create a shocking scene as a means of protest against the Glazers and the ‘financial Armageddon’ they caused, symbolising the club’s ‘slow death’ under their watch. The spokesman went on to describe the current crisis as the worst tragedy to hit the club since the Munich air disaster in 1958.

Therefore, it remains to be seen if the fanbase will respond to the call. It should be noted that the previous decade saw a large section of the club’s supporters don the traditional green and yellow, also as a way to protest the Glazers and try to force them out of the club, an objective that has yet to be achieved.