Manchester United’s extraordinary fans’ forum on Friday was the first time Joel Glazer had communicated with supporters since a brief message where he promised to do exactly that after the controversial 2005 takeover.
The meeting, over Zoom, lasted last two hours 10 minutes — 20 minutes more than scheduled. The 11 fans didn’t receive payment for their time but switched work and family holidays around so that they could attend a second forum in three weeks. Some points were pre-submitted to Glazer in a letter to him at the previous fans’ forum — the vast majority were not. The tone of the conversation was described by one club source as a “polite, respectful and constructive dialogue” and that “United didn’t want to come into the meeting with a pre-cooked plan. The club wanted dialogue”.
