Football fans hoping that a German-style ownership model can be adopted to curtail the power of private investors like the Glazers, Stan Kroenke and John W Henry, have suffered a setback.
English fans rallied in their support of the Bundesliga’s ‘50+1’ rule in the aftermath of the failed European Super League project in April, which saw the Big Six English clubs sign up, but no German teams join.
Manchester United supporters were particularly vocal in support of the German structure.
They were photographed with '50+1' banners inside United’s training ground and at Old Trafford, as they as they vented their fury at the club’s support for the project
But the vaunted rule is now being questioned in Germany, itself.