Glazers out! Man Utd fans block the club's training facilities with Solskjaer intimidated

It was boiling at Manchester United training ground at Carrington this morning when the group of angry fans blocked both entrances to the facility, preventing United players and staff from coming in. The fans demand that the Glazer family, the club's billionaire American owners, sells the club in the aftermath of the disastrous European Super League project failure.

The supporters only left when the coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, his assistants and a senior player Nemanja Matic emerged to speak to them. The Florida-based Glazers were architects of the shambolic European Super League plans, which collapsed after an unprecedented 48 hours of criticism from supporters, players and pundits.

On Wednesday afternoon, United co-chairman Joel Glazer finally admitted they 'got it wrong' and 'apologised unreservedly' to the club's fans over the whole saga. But this was not enough to calm down the fans who turned up at Carrington on Thursday morning. They were brandishing banners reading 'Glazers Out', 'We decide when you play', and '51% MUFC', - a reference to the German ownership model where fans hold a majority stake of the club.

A statement from Manchester United Football Club said:

"At approximately 9 AM this morning, a group gained access to the club training ground. The manager and others spoke to them. Buildings were secure, and the group has now left the site."

Red Issue Twitter page, associated with United fanbase, said the fans were initially told Solskjaer would not speak to them because they were "intimidating".

They said when he and his coaches did emerge, along with Matic, he was accused of falling silent of the club, having opposed the takeover of the club by the Glazers in 2005.

"Joel (Glazer) loves the club," Solskjaer is said to have replied.

Solskjaer with the Glazer brothers in 2019 (©Michael Regan/Getty Images)