Football - Manchester United v Manchester City - Barclays Premier League - Old Trafford - 12/4/15 Manchester United owners Joel Glazer and Avram Glazer Reuters / Darren Staples Livepic
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Glazers are unlikely to ever be liked, let alone loved, by fans of Manchester United. The fiercely private American family that bought the famous English football club 10 years ago has been widely depicted by the team’s fans and the British media as seeking to bleed the club dry after leveraging it up with debt.
Yet the Glazers are now assuaging some of their critics as the club says it will bankroll new player signings and is in a position to return to Europe’s biggest cup competition after failing to qualify in 2014 for the first time in 19 years. Crucially, their transformation of United into a commercial cash machine may give them an advantage over rivals.
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