Man Utd news: Fans forced to change Ed Woodward, Glazers plane protest plans
MANCHESTER UNITED fans who have paid for a plane to fly a banner calling for the sacking of Ed Woodward have had their plans delayed, according to reports.
Manchester United fans are against Ed Woodward (Image: GETTY)
After a rocky start to the Premier League campaign, Jose Mourinho has come under increasing scrutiny with the 3-2 defeat away to Brighton on Sunday underlying Manchester United's problems on the pitch.
Mourinho and Woodward didn’t see eye-to-eye during the summer transfer window and the Portuguese tactician was unable to land several top targets, including Leicester star Harry Maguire and Tottenham’s Toby Alderweireld.
While Mourinho is widely fancied by the bookmakers to be the first manager in the Premier League to get the boot this season, Woodward has been unable to avoid the pervading crisis surrounding Old Trafford.
Woodward appeared to be stony-faced after the defeat at AMEX Stadium, and while Mourinho supposedly has the full backing of the United board, cracks are starting to appear.
Although things haven’t gone so well for Mourinho, the fans will turn their ire on Woodward.
The Sun claim the supporters wanted to fly a banner venting their fury at Woodward for the Bank Holiday Monday clash against Tottenham (8pm).
Instead, a banner will be flown over Turf Moor a week on Sunday, as there are issues with such a stunt being carried out before the game against Spurs and therefore they had to scrap their plan.
The banner is expected to read ‘ED OUT, LUHG’ - with the initials standing for Love United Hate Glazer.
Manchester United fans won't be able to fly the banner against Tottenham (Image: GETTY)
Gary Neville wants to see a proper structure in place (Image: GETTY)
You're now in a mode of modern football, so the club needs to adapt a modern structure
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United previously flew a banner to protest against the reign of David Moyes when he was in charge and he was given the axe just 10 months after succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson.
But Woodward is unlikely to go anytime soon despite not being able to deliver Mourinho what he wants.
Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville believes Woodward needs to build a more serious structure to help United bridge the gap to Manchester City.
He said: “The club are delivering off the field. Ed [Woodward] has done an incredible job in terms of the commercial operation and the way in which the club makes an operating profit, but there is no doubt he should put a footballing structure underneath him that his extremely serious and can go and deliver for him on the pitch.
"Football has changed, gone are the days of a chairman and manager.
“Now there are heads of recruitment, sporting directors and a series of people that are operating at the best football clubs in the world, like Bayern Munich and, unfortunately Manchester City, whose operating structure and people are fantastic.
“Manchester United now have to do the same.
“Ed [Woodward] can then sit there as executive vice-chairman and make sure the commercial side and the footballing side deliver profit on and off the pitch.
"United need serious football people to be able to guide the club because they've been bouncing from strategy to strategy.
“The traditions at the club went out of the window when they sacked David Moyes halfway through a season, Louis van Gaal after an FA Cup win and appointed Jose Mourinho.
"You're now in a mode of modern football, so the club needs to adapt a modern structure.”