How The Glazers RUINED Manchester United! | Explained

On this week’s FD Explained, we’re looking at Manchester United and the Glazer family, who have owned the club since 2005. Though their time in charge has seen players like Ronaldo, Pogba, and van Persie come through the side, as well as multiple Premier League titles and a Champions League, they’ve also taken tens of millions out of the club, let the stadium fall into disrepair, and now have seen the biggest team in the world overtaken domestically by rivals Liverpool and Manchester City. Today we look at how they bungled Alex Ferguson’s succession, built a messy, incoherent squad, and treated United as their personal piggybank, from shutting down the women’s team to trying to get the Super League off the ground.

Let us know what you think in the comments.

[ianmcdonald]

Nicely done! Probably the best job I’ve seen of a channel explaining why we want the glazers gone!

[CooooCoooo]

We need to educate the fans about boycotting merchandise, unsubscribing MUTV, pressuring the sponsors, cancelling season tickets etc. The chance of forcing glazers out relies more if the source of income is attacked. This is one thing which every fan across the globe can participate in the protest.

[yaswinmuralikrishnan]

To see old trafford getting ruined is truly heartbreaking

[nowan]

Oh btw there won't be a transfer budget this summer. I've gotta buy a yatch

[craigts]

Another point which I think is important United don’t have a ground for the womens and academy teams, they both play home fixtures in Leigh which is around 40 mins from old Trafford. The academy is only recently getting back on its feet after years of neglect and under investment.

[marvinbielz]

This is exactly why we have the 50+1 Rule in Germany.

[LETHALAPOLLOGAMING]

To clarify the Rats seen on the Pitch at Game time was indeed the Glazers right ?Lolol

[manchestermania]

The only way to get them out is by boycotting the club, protesting will do nothing but when the money stops coming they will lose interest in the club.

[Germanicus-]

Its not just this arrogant Billionaire...Its a lot of them who think they know better and deserve better than us peasants.

[rickytan]

Man Utd is a cash cow to the Glazer family...left pocket vs right pocket.

[tuisverige]

Explain how Chelsea made it to the final with Tuchel

[kushalkarki]

Manchester United: Glazers
Arsenal: korenkes
New castle:mike ashley

[dadarkvador]

This video needs to be viral!! To educate everyone about this.

[SunnyGoodbye]

Probably should have read this script before the last Extra time podcast, where Pato said "united want a sugar daddy who pumps in money" and Henry Hill said " united are only protesting because they're jealous of other sides"

[nathnieloleary]

Very informative. I had no idea the glazers did that to their women’s team 😒

[richardv.]

I'd like to hear van straten's smooth voice on the Kroenkes!

[elguapodelmonte]

The question has to be asked, what have the Glazers done and have been doing to Manchester United
since they took over the club with the highly dubious, highly leveraged buyout loans.They basically bought
the famous football club from Northern England for nothing. As they just took out very high interest loans,
and put those loans directly on the books of Man U, it's just like you buy a multi-million dollar home, use the
banks money to buy it, and then put the "debt" to be paid by the bank itself, as they obviously have income
from other sources, then you give yourself, and your several siblings, each and every one of you a seat on
the "Board of Directors" - effectively running the club, as the Glazers have the outright majority of votes, the
old club legends such as Sir Alex Ferguson & Sir Bobby Charlton, would be out-voted by the TURKEY-HEADED
VULTURES every time. The Glazer THV's pulling over $2, 000, 000 salary each from the job, plus milking another
60-70 million in share bonuses, after floating the Man U club on the NYSE, a first in Europe, the THV machine
in GLAZAEAN HYDRA MODE, sucking, funneling, siphoning, diverting money away from the beloved football
club, and into their own pockets. They call this predatory behavior----> ACQUISITION & ASSET STRIPPING.

[NanobanaKinako]

Glazers doesn't care about the team, they only care money and nothing else. It's a shame the first football team I heard about when I was a kid is ruined.

[re-unbox]

Suprisingly the BBC did a documentary on this years ago. Man Utd used to prop up the Glazers failing businesses abroad. Mental how this is only now appearing on the mainstream radar.

[voltrox]

Somebody plz buy United, I can't see United getting ruined🤬