Manchester United fans organization: "Ticket Purchase License" will expel diehards, club executives have been separated from the masses
According to the Daily Mail, local Manchester United fans plan to launch a large-scale protest on the possible "ticket purchase license" system.
Previously, it was reported that Manchester United may introduce a controversial "ticket purchase license" system after moving to the New Trafford Stadium. The system will require fans to pay up to £4,000 for eligibility for season passes only.
This potential plan has aroused strong dissatisfaction among the majority of fans. Previously, the Glazer family and Sir Ratcliff's Ineos have been the target of fans' protests many times.
According to the latest disclosure, despite signing strong players such as Cunya and Mbemo this summer, and Amorin's team showed positive status during the US trip, the fan organization "1958" still plans to launch larger-scale demonstrations.
Although Manchester United insists that it is only in a hypothetical stage of discussion, the fan organization denounces the system as "another step in football's Americanization."
If implemented, Manchester United will become the first club in the Premier League to introduce this system. What made the fans even more angry was that the US CSL International Company directly introduced the plan during the stadium reconstruction consultation. The fan statement bluntly stated: "This completely exposes how disconnected the club from the owners."
During the Manchester United game last season, multiple rounds of protests broke out. In March, after Sir Ratcliff acquired nearly 30% of the club, thousands of fans participated in the largest anti-ownership demonstration in recent years, protesting against rising ticket prices and the new stadium design that was ridiculed as a "circus tent."
renderings of the new Manchester United stadium "New Trafford" rendering
The spokesperson for the "1958" fan organization "1958" stated solemnly: "We firmly oppose the "ticket purchase license" system. This will force loyal fans who have followed the club for decades to leave the court. Young people, local communities and generations of loyal fans will be turned away by high prices. Football is being uprooted to its working-class traditions and gradually Americanized, and the decisions of the club and its owners fully expose their serious disconnection with the fans."