Arsenal owner lists reasons United fans should be grateful for Glazers

Stanley Kroenke cannot fathom the opposition to the
current regime at Manchester United.
Ever since 2004 there has been opposition to the
Glazer family's ownership of Manchester United.
A vocal section were vehemently against Malcolm
Glazer's takeover, culminating with a fracturing of
support which formed an alternative club, FC United
of Manchester, who have made steady progress
through regional leagues by gaining three
promotions.
Even this week there was a publicised battle between
fans and the Glazer family as the former rejoiced
when the latter rescinded their request for a 'review
into Trafford council's decision to list Old Trafford as
an Asset of Community Value.'
If the review went through, the Manchester United
Supporters Trust (MUST) believe that the Glazers
could have sold the land to a private company. Now
that the family withdrew the request, if United were
to move away from Old Trafford, the stadium would
have to be offered to the community for sale.
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despite £3bn valuation

Arsenal owner Stanley Kroenke has stepped forward
as an unlikely peacemaker as he regards the Glazer
ownership to be positive for Manchester United.
'If you're [Dallas Cowboys owner] Jerry Jones, he has
tremendous revenue but can't spend any more than
the guy at Cincinnati,' Kroenke told The Telegraph.
'There are hard rules on that. Whether he takes
money out of the club is irrelevant because he has
been growing revenues and is limited by what he can
spend.
'If I was a fan [of Manchester United], I would go,
'Okay, they [the Glazers] have doubled the
commercial revenues, they have been winning the
Premier League, they moved well in the Champions
League, they have reduced debt overall'. I just think
it is so interesting because… what else would you
ask for?'
Recent new deals have seen the Glazer's put a
personal market value of £3bn on the club. Deloitte
currently rank United second in it's most recently
update of the world's richest clubs (with a valuation
of £1.97bn) and a sponsorship agreement with Nike
is reportedly worth £1bn by itself. The club also have
agreed links with Chevrolet, Bwin and the
Commercial Bank of Qatar.
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