When Manchester United was initially put up for sale by the Glazers in November, the news was met with cautious optimism.
For some time, the relationship between the owners and the fans had become stretched to its limit. The Glazer family are now a rare sight at Old Trafford and when Avram Glazer was in attendance at Wembley for the Carabao Cup final, his appearance was met with a chorus of boos. Anyone looking at the current situation can see this cannot carry on. It is untenable.
Off-field battles are distracting from the on-field challenges and nobody is winning in this scenario. A change in ownership, which last year's statement loosely referred to, would be a step in the right direction.
