Blatter backs fans' bid to block Glazer

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has backed Manchester United supporters’ groups in their opposition to Malcolm Glazer’s attempts to buy the club – though insists he cannot use his position of power to intervene directly.

The figurehead of the sport’s world governing body wrote to Shareholders United, a group representing minority shareholders in the club, who are determined to head off the American businessman’s efforts to seize control of the club.