Premier League: Manchester United promise sanctions after incident at Old Trafford

"The majority of our fans have and will condemn criminal damage, along with any violence towards club staff, police or other fans, and these now become a police matter. The club has no desire to see peaceful protestors punished, but will work with the police to identify those involved in criminal activity, and will also issue its own sanctions to any season ticket holder or member identified, per the published sanctions policy," said Manchester United FC (Premier League) on 03/05/2021, the day after the incidents at the Lowry Hotel (where the players were staying) and at Old Trafford stadium led to the postponement of the match versus Liverpool FC (Matchday 34 of the 2020-21 Premier League season).

Around a hundred Manchester United fans - out of a total of around a thousand - managed to enter Old Trafford, and even the pitch, as part of a demonstration calling for the departure of the club's American owners (the Glazer family), who are blamed for having been involved in the Super League project presented on 18/04/2021 (see below).

"Reports in mainstream and social media that…