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An officer whose face was slashed during a protest by Manchester United fans suffered life-changing injuries and is incredibly lucky not to have lost sight , police say.
The planned match against Liverpool was dramatically called off yesterday after anti-Glazer protesters got onto the Old Trafford pitch and clashed with police outside the stadium, as fans tried to blockade a hotel to prevent the United team from leaving for the game.
Police said one of the officers injured during a protest by Manchester United fans on Sunday suffered life-changing eye injuries, having sustained a significant slash wound to the face during the unrest.
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United s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward was at No10 last Wednesday
Meeting came just four days before plans for European super league revealed
It s understood he was there for meeting with officials rather than Prime Minister
But it has been reported Woodward was introduced to Mr Johnson afterwards
Boris Johnson came out strongly against Super League after it was announced
Labour Party s Jo Stevens has called on the meeting minutes to be released
The proposed league swiftly and spectacularly unravelled and Manchester United announced Mr Woodward would leave by the end of the year
UEFA had just finalised plans for a revamped Champions League but the governing body s president, Aleksandar Ceferin, received calls from five of the 12 founders of the ESL to confirm that the rumours were true.
The stunned Slovenian eventually managed to get in touch with the European Club Association (ECA) chairman Agnelli, who assured him that the whole thing was bullsh t . Don t worry, the Italian said, nothing is going on.
According to Ceferin, after the pair had exchanged several calls and agreed to issue a joint-statement on the matter, Agnelli promised to ring him back in an hour. But he didn t. Instead, he turned off his phone.
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