2021/02/06 07:10 Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Joel Glazer, left, talks with Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder, right, before an NFL wild-card playoff football. Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Joel Glazer, left, talks with Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder, right, before an NFL wild-card playoff football game Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Manchester United s Bruno Fernandes celebrates after scoring his side s seventh goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester. Manchester United s Bruno Fernandes celebrates after scoring his side s seventh goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Southampton, at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (Phil Noble/Pool via AP)
Glazer resistance to protests at Man U has faded fans fight Follow Us
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Protests against his family’s ownership of Manchester United have long bemused Joel Glazer.
“I get that some fans don’t like us,” he said. “To hate us when the club has been so successful, it’s extraordinary.”
The co-owner’s bewilderment over vitriol came after seeing Old Trafford packed at a game in 2010 with green-and-gold scarves being waved by fans who, in a show of dissent, adopted the club’s colors from its 1878 formation.
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The insight into ownership’s thinking was revealed in a book by a former staff member, necessary by the lack of any public comment by the Glazer family. The silence has highlighted the lack of any attempt to heal the rift. The Glazers have staunchly maintained a distance from supporters, who have not mounted any sustained fight to oust them.