Manchester United supporter
groups may ask Sir Alex Ferguson
to resign in protest against the Glazer family, the club's
owners.
The idea was put forward at a specially convened meeting of
fans' groups to determine an action plan to drive out the Glazers.
The Manchester United
Supporters' Trust, which arranged the meeting before Saturday's 3-0
defeat of Burnley, are also
exploring the possibility of asking Eric Cantona to act as their
figurehead, and plans are being put in place for a protest march
before the Champions League tie against Milan on 10 March.
More than 300 fans attended the talks and Johnny Flacks, a
founding member and former chairman of the Independent
Manchester United Supporters'
Association, proposed a letter should be written to Ferguson asking
him to step down as manager as manager.
"This is not intended as an Alex Ferguson rant," Flacks told the
Guardian. "But he claims to be a socialist, a former shop
steward and a man of the people, so he must be horrified by what is
going on. It would work only if thousands of people sent a copy of
this letter to Ferguson letting him know that our fear, if the
Glazers stay in control, is that his legacy is going to be
destroyed. We wouldn't want that and I don't think he would
either."
Flacks has known Ferguson for many years and was so close to him
at one point the United manager would regularly attend IMUSA
meetings and invite him to the old Cliff training ground.
"Moving to Carrington was his baby and he must be horrified that
the Glazers could now be thinking of selling Carrington and then
arranging for it to be leased back," Flacks said. "That would make
Manchester United no better than
a non-league club not even owning a training ground."