Man United followers plot Old Trafford protest to coincide with equipment launch

Jun 27, 2023 at 1:36 AM

United are on account of launch their adidas 2023/24 house strip at 9am BST on Tuesday morning (June 27), three days after it was unexpectedly worn forward of its official unveiling by rapper and lifelong fan Aitch on the Glastonbury Festival.

But fan teams look set to make use of the launch as an opportunity to specific their ongoing frustration at their house owners the Glazer household and a protracted sale course of that has nonetheless not reached any form of conclusion after eight months regardless of two last bidding events lengthy since being established in Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani.

“Overwhelming majority of United fans want to see a conclusion to this protracted sale process with the majority supporting a full sale – at least based on our soundings,” the official unbiased Manchester United Supporters Trust stated on social media.

“Protest planned on Tuesday to make that message clear.”

Fan group The 1958 stated they might have a presence outdoors the membership’s megastore at Old Trafford from 9:45am on Tuesday morning of their newest anti-Glazer demonstration, calling for supporters to boycott shopping for the brand new equipment.

“DON’T FEED GLAZER GREED! The 1958 will have a presence at the megastore on Tuesday,” they wrote on Twitter. “A legal protest from 9:45am. Be there! Bring your anti Glazer flags and banners!