Old Trafford painted ‘Liverpool crimson’ – cock-up sums up mess underneath the Glazers
The Glazers had Old Trafford painted ‘Liverpool crimson’ in a cock-up that sums up their shambolic possession.
Manchester United’s stadium has been fairly actually crumbling for years and restoration work has been eye-opening minimal. American homeowners the Glazer household have taken the brunt of the blame, mainly for permitting Old Trafford to get into such a dire state, and in typical Glazer style, the little work they really managed to get completed has blown up of their faces.
According to ESPN, they tried to smarten the bottom up with just a few licks of paint. But the membership solely ended up utilizing a shade of crimson resembling Liverpool’s colors, moderately than their very own barely darker shade.
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“They messed it up,” a United insider revealed. “They used the wrong shade of red. When Sir Alex was in charge, he would always insist that United played in a darker shade of red than Liverpool.
“Nike, equipment companions on the time, even designed a particular shade for the staff’s equipment known as ‘Diablo Red.’ The paint they used for Old Trafford is Liverpool crimson – it is too vivid for United.”
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The gaffe is the newest in a collection of main blunders overseen by the Glazers over the previous decade during which United regressed from indomitable to insufficient alarmingly shortly. Red Devils followers have wished the Glazers gone for years, they usually practically bought their want when the membership was put up on the market in 2022.
But moderately than promoting United outright, the Glazers bought a 25% stake to Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who has taken over all footballing obligations on the membership.
With any luck, Old Trafford will step by step be nursed again to well being underneath Ratcliffe’s watch. And hopefully they will select the precise paint color this time.
