5 reasons why some fans dislike Manchester United

#4 Shamelessly peddling the Manchester United brand

The Red Devils have numerous sponsors to offset their enormous debt

Football has evolved at lightning speed in recent years. As a result, as with society in general, the rich have gotten richer, and the poor... well you get it.

Manchester United is now a business first, and a football club second. With the amount of debt that the Glazer family inflicted on the club, it was inevitable that money-making would become top priority.

All you have to do is look at the lack of spending in the latter years of Ferguson’s time in charge, when the club was breaking turnover records, to see where the board’s priorities lay.

Is there anything that isn’t sponsored at United? The training ground has been renamed, the clock is sponsored in the ground, while there is even an official noodle partner? What even is that?

There is nothing the Manchester club will not do in terms of making money. Their pre-season tours are simply a parade of merchandise. It is no wonder Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho are against such tours. There is no emphasis on preparing for the new season, not when there is money to be made.