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Default Fans saw the Glazers’ money tricks 16 years ago but no one listened | David Conn

Premier League waved through a debt-loading takeover of Manchester United from which the family make fortunes

In 2005, a generation ago now, when supporters were first protesting against the pending takeover of Manchester United by the Glazer family, the approach of the football authorities was mostly to brush off their concerns. There seemed to be a sense among the blazers in the Football Association and the Premier League suits that the fans just did not really understand the mystique of a corporate takeover, or the excitements of having “investors” from America.

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