Game over

MANCHESTER United fans were recently showing symptoms of post takeover traumatic disorder.

Game over

But they should remember that, like most supporters who buy their clubs’ merchandise, they contributed to the very situation they were protesting against.

In 1991, the altruistic Man U became a plc. It is logical that this Faustian pact would turn against itself eventually. Poetic justice?

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