Manchester United fans fly ‘Glazers Out’ banner over Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL game

A Manchester United fan group organised a plane to fly a ‘Glazers Out’ banner over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ latest NFL match on Tuesday.

The Buccaneers, which are also owned by the Glazer family, were playing at their home stadium Raymond James Stadium against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday (early hours of Tuesday UK time) when the fly-by happened. Board members Kevin and Edward Glazer were pictured at the ground, although it is unclear whether Avram and Joel Glazer were in attendance.

The protest was organised by United supporter groups based in Pittsburgh and Tampa. Members of the Manchester United Supporters of Tampa and Pittsburgh Red Army Facebook groups encouraged others to take photos and videos of the banner passing by.

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It was a disappointing night on the pitch for the Glazers as well as they watched the Buccaneers fall to a 25-11 defeat. This is the latest forthright protest against the Glazers from United fans, although rarely have such acts been seen on US shores.

All the while, the club's takeover process is now into its 10th month without a clear conclusion in sight. Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al-Thani are the frontrunners but the latter is fearful that the current owners may not sell up after all, despite numerous rounds of bidding.

Ratcliffe recently admitted that a failure to complete a takeover would deliver reputation damage to himself and company INEOS.

"The Manchester United bid would have been unthinkable two or three years ago if we hadn't had some of the experiences - some quite difficult experiences with Lausanne and Nice,” he told INEOS TV earlier this