Manchester Utd fans are protesting against the Glazers after the collapse of the Superliga

Manchester United fans stormed the stadium of the English football club on Sunday to protest against the owners of the team, the American billionaire Glazer, and his previous plan to join the abandoned Super League.

Old Trafford fans sang, fired flares and unfurled banners calling on the Glazers to leave Manchester Manchester.

The New York club has been asked to comment.

Joel Glazer, co-chairman of the team, apologized last month after being forced to cancel plans to form a pro-independence Super League for an elite group of Europe’s best-known football clubs. included Spanish Real Madrid and Italian Juventus.

According to the proposals, the founding clubs would have been guaranteed a place in the league every year, which goes against the tradition of European football in which clubs compete to participate in top-level competitions.

The protest comes ahead of a clash between Manchester United and rival Liverpool, owned by John Henry’s Fenway Sports Group, another American investor who apologized to fans for supporting the Superliga.

The match has been delayed due to the actions of the fans, according to the Premier League. It was supposed to start at 4.30pm UK time, and a Covid-19 league compliance officer will have to make sure it is safe to play.

Fans remain angry that Manchester United have backed the Superliga. His dissatisfaction with the Glazers dates back to the family’s acquisition of the club in 2005, a leveraged £ 790 million purchase that covered him with debts, costly fees and interest payments. The family also draws dividends from the club, a rarity in the football business.

Gary Neville, a former Manchester United player and influential expert, told Sky Sports it was the right time for the Glazers to sell the club, which had not won the Premier League since 2013.

“It would be honorable to do so,” he said.

Ahead of the match, Manchester United executive vice-president Ed Woodward, who announced he would step down at the end of the year after the icy reception in the Superliga, apologized to fans for the team’s role in the abandoned project.

“I can assure you that we have learned our lesson. . . and we are not looking for the reactivation of Superliga plans, ”he told fans at a meeting Friday.