Will Glazer sink or swim? It’s all down to one man: Ferguson
Posted in News on Wednesday June 1st, 2005 10:31am
Martin Samuel in the Times:
There are those who think that the manager should have walked away out of solidarity with the Stretford End or on a point of principle, but it is too late for that. Ferguson, a high-profile socialist, has been exceedingly happy to exist, thrive within and benefit from a Premiership system that is Thatcherite laissez-faire capitalism at its most extreme. If he was comfortable with that, there is no reason why he should not also be at ease with the sincere market force that is the hostile takeover.
Yet there is a Catch-22. By staying, Ferguson also erodes his secret weapon, the unswerving loyalty of the fans. He now becomes The Man Who Worked With Glazer. That is not to say that he is no longer revered, more that an emotional attachment that compelled supporters to stand dutifully by his side through the fall- out with John Magnier and J. P. McManus, even when to the outside world all parties had clearly acted less than properly, will have worn thin.
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