United's Glazers sink to a new low with only 4% of fans backing them

Manchester United's owners have earned an approval rating of just four per cent from the club's fans.

In a survey of more than 100,000 fans of the 20 Premier League clubs, the Glazers attracted the least support of any set of owners.

The figure of four per cent of fans who felt the Americans were doing a good job was lower even than Mike Ashley's approval rating among Newcastle supporters.

Only 10.8 per cent of fans approved of Ashley's reign, with most of those citing his financial prudence. A huge majority felt he was a terrible owner and were happy to see him replaced by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, PIF, last year.

The shockingly low approval for the Glazer family's near 17 years in control at Old Trafford is a damning assessment. Supporters criticised the owners for taking 'vast sums' of money out of the club, poor recruitment of managers and players and their overall strategy.

The verdict comes despite United winning the Champions League, five Premier League titles, a Europa League trophy, an FA Cup and four League Cups during their reign.

They have also set transfer records, signing four of the 17 most expensive players in history Paul Pogba (for a world record fee), Harry Maguire (still the world's most expensive defender), Romelu Lukaku and Jadon Sancho.

After the Glazers and Ashley, Everton's Farhad Moshiri is the next worst-rated owner with an approval rating of just 14 per cent. Matthew Benham, at Brentford, has the highest approval rating among fans at 98.8 per cent. 

Club chief executive Jon Varney told the MoS: 'Matthew has been an exemplary owner. He is a committed, lifelong fan of the club, we are prepared to do things differently, taking calculated risks in the hope it will give us an edge.'

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