Police Probe Attack On Home Of Manchester United Chief Ed Woodward | Football News
Woodward, who’s married with two small children, is reported to had been clear of his house on the time of the assault.
Manchester United mentioned the ones accountable can be banned for lifestyles from the membership.
“We all know that the soccer international will unite at the back of us as we paintings with the police to spot the perpetrators of this unwarranted assault,” the membership mentioned.
“Anyone discovered in charge of a legal offence, or discovered to be trespassing in this belongings, might be banned for lifestyles by means of the membership and would possibly face prosecution.
“Fanatics expressing opinion is something, legal injury and intent to hazard lifestyles is every other. There’s merely no excuse for this.”
Poisonous setting
The ambience at Outdated Trafford has became poisonous in contemporary weeks, with supporters voicing their anger at United’s house owners the Glazer circle of relatives and Woodward, who steered the American citizens right through their a success takeover of the membership in 2005.
Fanatics reportedly sang “Woodward’s going to die” on the contemporary defeat towards Burnley and right through Sunday’s FA Cup victory over Tranmere.
The supporters, who loved twenty years of virtually unbroken good fortune beneath Alex Ferguson, have observed their membership fall 33 issues at the back of fierce opponents Liverpool, who glance positive to win their first league identify for 30 years.
United supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is suffering to show issues round, with the membership 5th within the Premier League, six issues at the back of fourth-placed Chelsea.
Their file following former United striker’s Solskjaer’s appointment as everlasting supervisor in March ultimate 12 months is deficient, with United having misplaced 12 Premier League video games — yet one more than they have got gained — beneath the Norwegian in that point.
United have now not gained the Premier League since Ferguson retired in 2013, with way more skilled managers David Moyes, Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho all out and in at Outdated Trafford prior to Solskjaer took price.
They now face Manchester Town within the League Cup semi-final on Wednesday however are Three-1 down after the primary leg.
Previous this month, Solskjaer gave his backing to the Glazers and Woodward after lovers voiced disapproval at their dealing with of the membership.
“As a membership we have now were given to stay in combination, we have now were given to be united, we’re a circle of relatives,” he mentioned.
“I will be able to simplest say from when I have been right here I have been sponsored by means of the house owners, I have been sponsored by means of Ed and they are supporting me, so for me, be sure that they stick in combination.”
