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The Irish Sun
2 days ago
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Furious Man Utd fans slam new ticket prices as ‘another slap in the face' and warn decision will do ‘enormous harm'
FURIOUS Manchester United fans condemned a new ticket-price rise as a "fresh kick in the teeth". The club have introduced a new match categorisation model, charging some members up to £97 for top fixtures - starting with the Premier League opener against Arsenal on August 17. 3 Manchester United fans have hit back at the club's new pricing structure Credit: Reuters 3 Chief exec Omar Berrada insists supporters were consulted on the changes Credit: Alamy Around 20,000 supporters buying tickets for home matches at Old Trafford through the membership scheme will be affected in some form. Manchester United Supporters Trust (MUST) claim the club "failed to consult any of the fans' representative bodies on the details of the decision". However, chief executive A MUST statement read: "After how last season went, we might have hoped that the club would reconsider their plans for this new ticketing model. READ MORE ON FOOTBALL "It will see eye-watering price increases for 20,000 supporters per game who buy tickets on a match-by-match basis. "This really is a fresh kick in the teeth for Manchester United fans." Supporters were already at war with the club after Berrada admitted this week in an interview with United We Stand that the club had made a mistake. Most read in Football BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK The opener with the Gunners is one of six Prem games priced between £59 and £97 for members. Fixtures against Paul Scholes lays into Sir Jim Ratcliffe for 'having the cheek' to introduce 'ridiculous' Man Utd's ticket prices Category B includes 11 league matches, with two games - against Wolves and Sunderland - priced in the Category C band. Cup games are in the lowest Category D band. The changes will see MUST added: "Once again, they have failed to consult any of the fans' representative bodies on the details of the decision. "And, once again, they are making choices against the interests of fans and the club as a whole. "This match categorisation model will do enormous harm." 3 The club insist fan groups were consulted and say ticket prices are lower than those first proposed to the Fan Advisory Board, whom Berrada claims to have engaged with heavily since the £66 decision. But another protest group, "Dialogue with the club is broken, ignored or treated with contempt. 'Fans raise genuine concerns, the club responds with spin and price hikes. "Profit comes first. Supporters, the lifeblood of this club, come last."
Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mirror
Ruben Amorim closes on second summer signing as another star snubs Man Utd move
Manchester United's transfer window is finally gathering pace again after the arrival of Matheus Cunha from Wolves, with Ruben Amorim close to his second signing of the summer Manchester United's summer transfer window is steadily progressing. Boss Ruben Amorim is looking to enact a major overhaul at Old Trafford following a miserable season that left them 15th in the Premier League. Matheus Cunha has already arrived from Wolves in a deal worth around £63million. Further investment is needed though if Amorim is to turn around his reign after a dismal time in charge so far. High up his list is a new striker, but top target Liam Delap has snubbed a move to Old Trafford to instead join Chelsea. And the Red Devils have received a fresh setback with another target making it clear he will not be joining Amorim's squad. That comes as United chief executive Omar Berrada insisted that he has full confidence in the club's plans for the summer window. Berrada believes that Amorim has a clear vision that will be a success. Berrada's comments come with United closing in on their second signing of the summer window. Here, Mirror Football rounds up all the latest Manchester United transfer news. United close to second signing Tom Heaton is set to sign a new one-year contract with Manchester United to remain as their third-choice keeper. Heaton has spent the last four years with the Red Devils in what is his second spell at Old Trafford. Before that, the 39-year-old had successful spells at Bristol City, Burnley and Aston Villa, earning regular call-ups to the England national team. He had been set to be out of contract this summer. But Heaton is now close to putting pen to paper on a new deal which will keep him at Old Trafford until next summer. The decision has been approved by Amorim and his coaching staff. Berrada speaks out on plans United chief executive Omar Berrada has confirmed the club will be busy for the rest of the summer window. Berrada has overseen a massive cost-cutting process over the past year. Despite that, he has told The United Stand that the Red Devils will be 'active' over the summer. He also backed the 'vision' Amorim and director of football Jason Wilcox share for the direction of the club. 'We've put ourselves in the best position possible by doing everything that we've had this year around cost-cutting,' Berrada added. 'I'm confident that we will come out of the window with a much stronger team than what we've gone into.' Target snubs move Eintracht Frankfurt goalkeeper Kauã Santos has insisted he will snub a move to Manchester United. Santos featured in 14 games this season before suffering a major injury and has a contract running for another five years, though United have grown interested in him. 'The people in charge in Frankfurt have shown enormous trust in me. They wanted to continue working with me before these rumours even surfaced. They still have a lot of faith in me here, so it was clear to me that I wanted to extend my contract," he told Die Welt. "I want to establish myself as a goalkeeper, perform well, and achieve as much as possible. I'm not busy with anything else at the moment, because my entire focus is on Eintracht Frankfurt.' Join our new MAN UTD WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Manchester United content from Mirror Football. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
Glasgow Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Omar Berrada confident Man Utd can deliver men's and women's titles by 2028
Berrada, who first told staff of his 'Project 150' vision in September last year, knows that represents a significant challenge with Ruben Amorim's side having just endured a worst top-flight season since relegation in 1973-74, while Chelsea continue to dominate the Women's Super League. However, he believes marking a major milestone in the club's history since it was founded as Newton Heath in 1878 with double title success is realistic. In an interview with the United We Stand fanzine to be published on Wednesday, Berrada said: 'It's establishing a series of targets within a timeframe so we can focus our efforts and energy on that goal. 'Can the team win the Premier League title by 2028? Of course. 'We've just finished 15th and it seems an impossible task. But why not aim for it? Why not do everything in our power?' Manchester United lost the Women's FA Cup final to Chelsea (Jonathan Brady/PA) While United finished third in the WSL, 16 points behind champions Chelsea who also beat them in the FA Cup final, the men languished just three places above the Premier League relegation zone and lost the Europa League final to Tottenham. Nevertheless, Berrada is sticking to his timetable. He said: 'I firmly believe we can do it. We have two or three summer windows to build a team to start competing to win the Premier League.'
Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mirror
Omar Berrada confirms Man Utd's 'roadmap' to success with Ruben Amorim verdict
Manchester United are desperate to bounce back from a dismal season that saw the team finish 15th, but that hasn't stopped chief Omar Berrada boldly predicting the club could win the title by 2028 After their worst-ever Premier League finish, the notion of Manchester United being crowned champions any time soon is as fanciful as it is laughable. United finished last season in 15th place, but chief executive Omar Berrada has doubled down on his belief they will lift the Premier League trophy by 2028 – if not before. Berrada launched Project 150, the bold aim of which is for United to win a 21st league title by 2028, the year the club celebrates its 150th anniversary. But after the shambles of last season, when United suffered 18 league defeats, failed to get beyond the quarter-finals of both domestic cups and lost the Europa League final to ensure no European football next term, the situation is as bleak as it has ever been in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era. Despite that, Berrada is confident with boss Ruben Amorim in charge, the right player recruitment and stability off the field in terms of the club's finances, United can reach the top again within three years. Asked if winning the title in that timeframe was realistic, Berrada told "Of course. We've just finished 15th and it seems like an impossible task. But why not aim for it? Why not do everything in our power? "I firmly believe that we can do it. We have two or three summer windows to build a team to start competing to win the Premier League and if we can achieve it before then, we'll all be happy — and so nobody's saying that we don't want to win it until then.' Berrada added: "Project 150 is a very simple idea. We're going to celebrate our 150th anniversary in June 2028, an important milestone in the history of the club. It's a way of setting a time-bound period where we're going to focus our efforts to achieve certain goals. "All we're saying is we're setting ourselves a target with a specific timeframe to go and aim for because if you just said 'we want to win the Premier League' - great, but by when? So this way, again it's from the ownership to management, to everybody in the club, we have a target, we have a mission and that's what we want to achieve." Berrada admitted appointing Amorim a third of the way through last season was always likely to bring difficulties, given his insistence on playing a 3-4-3 formation unfamiliar to the players he inherited from Erik ten Hag. But Berrada said United were willing to accept short-term pain for long-term gain, in the knowledge 40-year-old Portuguese coach Amorim is the right man to lead the club back to its former glory days. "We knew that by bringing in Ruben mid-season that it was going to be even more difficult for the team to perform," Berrada added. "We saw it as an investment for the following seasons, because we were going to give time to Ruben to get to know the squad, the club, the Premier League. So by the time that we got to now, we'd have had all the discussions about what the squad needs and the two-to-three-year plan to get to a squad that's capable of winning the Premier League. "We have a very clear roadmap of how we're going to get there. Had Ruben started on July 1, 2025, we wouldn't have been able to have all that knowledge, right? And that's what I feel these seven or eight months that he's had. He's suffered in the Premier League, and the team has suffered. That's why I feel that it's really going to help us in the future. 'I firmly believe in Ruben as a coach and what he's trying to do. We've taken all the short-term pain this season but, as of this summer, the worst bit is going to be behind us. "I'm actually very optimistic and quite positive about what's ahead. Of course we need to get a lot of decisions right and we will make mistakes, there's no doubt. We'll try to minimise those. But what we want is to build something that's sustainable for the long, long term. "We've put ourselves in the best position possible by doing everything that we've had this year around cost-cutting. I'm confident we will come out of the window with a much stronger team than what we've gone into." Join our new MAN UTD WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Manchester United content from Mirror Football. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
The Independent
3 days ago
- Business
- The Independent
15th placed Man United ‘could win Premier League by 2028'
Manchester United chief executive Omar Berrada has set a target for both the men's and women's teams to win their respective Premier League titles by 2028. Berrada's 'Project 150' vision aims to achieve this double title success to coincide with the club's 150th anniversary. The men's team finished 15th in the Premier League, their worst top-flight season since 1973-74, while the women's team came third in the WSL, 16 points behind champions Chelsea. Berrada acknowledges the ambitious nature of the goals but believes they are achievable with strategic team building over the next few summer transfer windows. Despite cost-cutting measures and recent poor performances, Berrada is confident that manager Ruben Amorim is the right person to lead the team's turnaround, viewing his mid-season arrival as an investment for future success.
