Man Utd has insulted fans all over Ireland

AS an Irish supporter of Man Utd since the air crash in 1958, I would like to express my disgust at the way MU plc and its manager, Alex Ferguson, have insulted all the Irish people who have contributed to the success of Man U over the years either on the field or at the turnstiles.

If he is acting solely in the interest of the team, does that now mean he will be persuading Beckham and Ferdinand to stop playing for England because of their history of injuries? Are we now to see other self-interested managers follow suit with our international players?

As if the insult to the Irish team and its followers wasn’t bad enough, they then tried to insult our intelligence by expecting us to believe that a medical professional would tell a sportsman it was OK to play in over 50 games per season in all the leagues and cups, but not play four games for his country.