YOU'VE BEEN WARNED

Last updated : 14 November 2003 By Editor

Anybody wishing to try to 'takeover' United has been warned that they will face a battle to get their hands on the club with Shareholders United looking to secure a pledge at the AGM to deter any buy-outs.

With speculation that the club could be bought out, but Supporters' Trust spokesman Oliver Houston said:

"We didn't go through that epic battle only to see the club snatched away from fans five years later by another rich megalomaniac or international corporation. United are a 125-year old community asset, not some stock market plaything.

"We will be putting any potential bidders on notice that we will not give up our club without a fight.

"We'll also be urging the club to do more to flush out the intentions of any would-be predators, be they from the existing crop of large shareholders such as the Club's two largest, Cubic Expression or Malcolm Glazer, or be they the 'mystery' Russian oil tycoons, American media barons or Arab princes who are apparently circling like vultures."