MANCHESTER UNITED fans person been near shocked aft discovering conscionable however overmuch the Glazer household has enactment into the club.
The Glazers acquired a controlling involvement successful United astir 20 years agone aft taking implicit from Irish investors JP McManus and John Magnier.
They had already owned astir 30 per cent of the club, nevertheless that accrued to 57 per cent erstwhile the woody was completed.
Scottish entrepreneur Harry Dobson past handed implicit his stock to up the Glazers' ownership to 62 per cent.
By June 2005 they owned 98 per cent of shares and power of Man Utd - overmuch to the dismay of fans.
Fast-forward to 2024 and supporters are STILL unhappy with the American family.
Man Utd person endured a dependable descent since Sir Alex Ferguson near Old Trafford successful 2013.
Last play they suffered their worst-ever Premier League campaign, finishing eighth successful the array with a antagonistic extremity difference.
But they managed to salvage a spot successful Europe by winning the FA Cup last against Manchester City successful May.
Many fans person enactment the club's disastrous fall-off down to the Glazers and their deficiency of investment.
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And they mightiness person a point.
A study from The Athletic has revealed that conscionable £45million successful backing has travel from the Glazers implicit the past 2 decades.
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Fans person been near furious arsenic a result, with 1 idiosyncratic writing: "£45million successful astir 20 years from the Glazers is perfectly criminal."
In comparison, the owners of newly-promoted Ipswich Town person enactment £83m into their club.
Southampton's owners person pumped £85m into the Saints and Bill Foley has enactment £93m worthy of backing into Bournemouth.
Chelsea proprietor Todd Boehly has continued to walk large since joining the nine successful 2022.
In conscionable 2 years, the American billionaire and BlueCo person pumped a whopping £146m into the Stamford Bridge broadside - much than 3 times the magnitude the Glazers person personally invested.
Man City's owners person besides spent an eye-watering magnitude since taking implicit successful 2008.
CFG has enactment £1.3BILLION worthy of backing into the nine - and the Cityzens person surely been reaping the benefits.
In what could possibly beryllium considered the biggest astonishment successful the findings, Fulham brag Shahid Khan has invested £788m of his ain wealth into the Cottagers.
Not lone has helium continued to put successful the squad, helium besides precocious enactment speech a immense chunk of wealth to make portion of Craven Cottage.
Similarly, Everton main Farhad Moshiri has invested £750m into the Toffees since 2016 - astir of which has gone into the club's caller Bramley Moore Dock stadium.
Despite the deficiency of investment, Man Utd person been pushing to crook things astir since Sir Jim Ratcliffe arrived.
The British billionaire purchased a 25 per cent involvement successful the nine astatine the commencement of the year and has since taken implicit shot operations.
Ratcliffe has been a cardinal fig down immoderate large changes astatine Old Trafford precocious - including the dismissal of Erik 10 Hag and the arrival of caller caput manager Ruben Amorim.