SINGAPORE: A month ago, the main issues in English football were when fans would be allowed back in stadiums, what is behind Liverpool’s decline and which players national team coach Gareth Southgate should select for the delayed 2020 European Championships this summer.
Gary Neville, former Manchester United star and leading media pundit supported the protests."The reason why those thousands and thousands of fans came today is because they have had enough. They have had enough."“They’re doing it because they love the club. Some people won’t agree with it, but sometimes you have to put a marker down for people to take notice. This will go out all over the world and hopefully the owners of Manchester United will sit up and take note.
In this way, it is much more than a football club – it forms a useful anchor for societal cohesion, economic development and social role-modelling. There have been protests from fans against owners before. United fans protested against the initial Glazer takeover in 2005 and Liverpool fans also did the same with their previous owners in 2009 but these were usually sporadic and uncoordinated.
If this is any indication, will there be efforts to do the same by other fans of the six EPL teams that wanted to breakaway to form the ESL when they play each other – like when Chelsea travels to Manchester City this Sunday or when it hosts Arsenal on May 13? Social media campaigns would have no effect on the Glazers. It is also unlikely that enough fans would agree to stop buying tickets, shelling out for shirts and paying monthly fees to broadcasters in order to reduce the club’s revenues and make it less attractive for the owners to remain.
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