DBasia.news – When fans and Liverpool players re-celebrated the success of getting rid of Barcelona in the Champions League semifinals with a 4-3 aggregate goal, Manchester United fans would be different from their clubs.
When the Reds won 4-0 via Divock Origi’s goals (7 ‘and 79’) and Georginio Wijnaldum (54 ‘and 56’), Man United fans around the world echoed the #UnfollowManUnited hashtag so that other fans did not follow the whole social official club media.
The boycott was carried out because Man United was more concerned with satisfying sponsors by selling the big brands they owned rather than achieving on the playing field. The climax is this season.
The Red Devils have not won a trophy for two consecutive seasons and next season will not play in the Champions League because this season was thrown out of the top four of the Premier League standings (Champions League zone).
United’s opportunity to enter the top four was lost after only being able to draw 1-1 against Huddersfield Town in 37th Premier League week. As a piece of information, Huddersfield’s team has ascertained relegation and is at the bottom of the Premier League standings.
Worse yet, one of United’s fans with Twitter users @SolskjaerTime uploaded an official Man United Instagram photo that sold socks at discounted prices after the team drew 1-1 against Huddersfield.
It seemed to show the indifference of the board of directors to the performance and achievements of the club in the match. For them, the most important thing is brand sales and fulfilling the satisfaction of sponsors. The support of United fans in following the #UnfollowManUnited campaign was even greater after seeing dramatic escaping rivals into the final.
Man United, who used to do what Liverpool did today in the era of Sir Alex Ferguson, is now experiencing a major setback that has taken root in the team squad. On the contrary, Liverpool increasingly showed the great mentality of the club in the Jurgen Klopp era.
So far from BallScore.com’s monitoring, there have been 19,224,787 Twitter users who no longer follow Man United’s @ManUtd Twitter official account. The #UnfollowManUnited tag is also loaded on ESPN.
“Some Manchester United fans invited to boycott the club’s social media through the hashtag #UnfollowManUnited, they protested against the club’s priorities regarding commercial activities rather than success on the match,” read a report from ESPN.
Most of the fans also want Ed Woodward, Man United’s Executive Vice-Chairman, to resign from his position because of the club’s commercial importance over achievements.