Deal maker Keith Harris says if Manchester
United fans want the Glazer family to sell the club
they must boycott season tickets and merchandise.
Harris is the man behind a proposed £1billion buy-out of
Manchester United.
"'Turning up to games 10 minutes late and things like that just
doesn't do the job," Harris told the Daily Mail.
"The green and gold protest is fabulous, a symbolic and
significant message to the owners. It is like the white
handkerchiefs in Spain. But that won't force the Glazers to sell to
us.
"However, if enough people - and I am talking about thousands -
stop turning up to matches and do not renew their tickets, then
that does it. The supporters have to hurt the Glazers in their
pockets.
"They have to be prepared to take the pain of not watching their
club in order to achieve a long-term gain. Supporters have to be
galvanised to say, 'We will not come. We will not buy programmes
and merchandise'.
"It's a big ask, it's a risk, but that is what must happen. The
Glazers are thick-skinned and seem impervious to protest. They will
not be impervious to enormous drops in their revenue.
'I would not talk about this if I didn't have full confidence in
our ability to raise the money to do this. I never talk publicly
unless I have confidence. Getting the money together is the easy
bit.
"But we can't make an offer until the Glazers are placed in a
position where they are forced to consider it."