Roy Keane has warned the Glazer family that Sunday’s Manchester United protest is “just the start” and that they will not rest until the owners are driven out of the club.
Thousands of United fans made their voices heard on Sunday as they protested outside the Lowry Hotel and broke into Old Trafford, forcing the game against Liverpool to be postponed.
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Flares and bottles were thrown in the stadium as United fans have had enough of the Glazer ownership, with their attempt to join a European Super League last month further enraging an already angry set of supporters.
And Keane would not be drawn into criticising the protestors, claiming their frustation at the Glazers has building for some time.
Keane told Sky Sports: “They’re doing it because they love the club and it’s not what has happened over the last few weeks with the Super League.
“I think it’s been building for a number of years now, that frustration, and they’ve come to the end and thought ‘enough is enough’.
“It’s been building up over the last few years – disappointment in communication, stuff going on in the backroom, tickets, whatever it might be.
“The leadership of the club has not been good enough, when they look at the owners and feel it’s just about making money. The statement today is huge for the game to be called off.
“Sometimes you have to put a marker down for people to take notice and this will go all over the world now and people will have to sit up and take note.
“Hopefully the owners of Man United will say ‘these fans are deadly serious’ and there’s more to come. This is just the start of it for United fans, mark my words.
“This is just the start for United fans and their plan is for the United owners to give in and sell the club.”
Fellow pundit Graeme Souness was not so forgiving of the protest, claiming “someone could have been killed”.
He said: “Let’s be honest, someone threw a flare up to this stage today. If it hit one of us, we would be in the hospital and scarred.
“Someone threw a bottle of beer up here. If that hits you the wrong place, you could have been killed!’
“So, let’s not mess about and be tippy-tappy around the situation. That is unacceptable. And something’s happened out there for this game to be postponed.
“A kid was killed in Cardiff by a flare. I am not criticising Man United supporters en masse, but you cannot underplay that.
“That (flare) could have marked someone for life. We’re sitting here saying it’s right they’re demonstrating but a village idiot could have killed someone here today.”
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