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Manchester United co-owner Avram Glazer is ready to be current for the membership’s Premier League opener towards Fulham at Previous Trafford.
United are set to kickstart their 2024/25 Premier League marketing campaign tonight and in response to Simon Stone of the BBC, the hierarchy shall be represented by Avram.
Stone wrote on X (previously Twitter), “Advised Sir Jim Ratcliffe gained’t be at Previous Trafford tonight however Avie Glazer shall be current.”
Advised Sir Jim Ratcliffe will not be at Previous Trafford tonight however Avie Glazer shall be current.
— Simon Stone (@sistoney67) August 16, 2024
Since their leveraged buy-out of the membership in 2005, the Glazers have been extraordinarily unpopular house owners inside the fanbase.
They’ve typically discovered themselves on the finish of intense criticism for his or her poor operating of United. A few of their actions corresponding to neglecting Previous Trafford and taking dividends from the membership, have over time led to protests and boycotts of matches.
Nonetheless, earlier this yr, the Glazers agreed phrases with Ratcliffe over a 27.7% partial funding that basically made the INEOS billionaire a minority proprietor.
Since then, the Crimson Devils have undergone some huge enhancements. As a part of the Glazers’ cope with Ratcliffe, the American household ceded management of United’s soccer operations to the British businessman.
Already, there are plans in place for both a refurbishment of Previous Trafford or the constructing of a very new state-of-the-art area.
Within the present window, United have additionally moved sooner than is often the case. The membership have to this point introduced in Leny Yoro from Lille, Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna, Noussair Mazraoui and Matthijs de Ligt. Mazraoui and De Ligt have been each acquired from Bayern Munich.
Erik ten Hag included Mazraoui in his beginning XI to face Fulham. De Ligt and Zirkzee have been named on the bench and are more likely to come on as substitutes if want be.
Leny Yoro sustained an damage throughout pre-season and is at the moment recovering from an damage anticipated to rule him out of motion for plenty of weeks.
Regardless of the present positives at United, I feel it’s protected to say that Avram Glazer and his siblings shall be receiving any credit score for the turnaround.
United vs. Fulham kicks off at 20:00 BST.
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