The Manchester United Supporters' Trust claim they 'totally understand' the sentiments of fans who opt to stage a walkout protest over the running of the Old Trafford club.
It is understood supporters are planning to show their discontent towards the Glazer ownership and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward by leaving the ground in the 58th minute of United's next home game on February 1 against Wolves.
The timing is symbolic as it represents the Munich air disaster of 1958.
There has been a toxic atmosphere that has pervaded Old Trafford of late, with chanting against the Glazers and Woodward, notably during Wednesday's 2-0 defeat at home to Burnley.
Speaking to the PA news agency, MUST vice-chair Ian Stirling believes the message is getting through.
'I think they get it, they understand,' said Stirling. 'It must hit home with them when you get that kind of chanting inside the stadium.
'There was an understanding in the summer that their image with supporters was negative. That makes it more puzzling as to why you wouldn't take steps to improve it by supporting the manager fully in the transfer market.
'We've a week left (until the end of the transfer window). This is a crucial week. They must know that.
'So I think they understand where supporters are coming from. The supporters themselves have very few options, and one of those is to voice their discontent inside the ground.
'If it's a matter of having an impact protest in terms of people walking out we can totally understand those sentiments.'
Stirling claims there has been 'unrest simmering in the background since 2005' after the Glazers took full ownership of United, but on this occasion the situation 'is a little bit different'.
'It is more about dissatisfaction with how it appears the club is being run to supporters,' added Stirling.
'We have a manager (Ole Gunnar Solskjaer) in place who, it is fair to say, is widely supported by match-going fans, a club legend, and the view is that he is not getting the support he needs.
'The squad was depleted, at best. We knew that we needed to move on some players, but to do that with not having replacements lined up to counter-balance it has left Solskjaer exposed. It is like an act of self-sabotage.
'So what are the priorities of the board and owners? More players have left than arrived. Why do that?
'I think that's why you are getting supporter dissatisfaction, and that's why it's been voiced, not only when we've been losing.
'We beat Norwich 4-0 and it was loud and clear inside the stadium, so we can totally understand why supporters feel that way.'
Yukadoprst
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De Gea should have left the club instead of extending contract... top goalie playing in dustbin club
jaybdops
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Even United agreed to buy some good players, the problem will still not be solved. They must get a new head coach. The results will still be inconsistent
nozcioptz
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Keep protesting.its less than a week left in the market and teams are straightening their squad like Liverpool to keep winning while United is sitting down doing nothing.The team is struggling.The coach and management is clueless.We have sooo many injuries and players left.we need replacements.there is soo many games left and you can’t depend on the same players every game.they will get tired and get injured.Think Ole,don’t be that stupid.our team depth is horrible.liverpool and City B team can beat United’s team now
yebemnptu
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this the first step towards the first stage of a journey to get back to the glory days i hope they will get the needed result which means the current board to leave because they are so corrupt and bad
rusadlnpr
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let Ed Woodward bring in Bruno Fernandez and one striker that's Milik from Napoli and that's all
Mugishajunglerabbit
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as I've been telling countless people here, Ole is not the problem, he never was... Lukaku put it well and perfect in words when he said "if Jose had gotten the players he wanted he would have succeeded at Man United" that's the same story with Ole. eversince the year 2012 our club has fallen down to the dust all because of one man and one man only, Ed Woodward. the Glazer's have been there since 2005, three years after their arrival we won the UCL and continued to bask in glory, yes there were problems but we had the super David Gill helping Sir Alex getting the job done. now we are miles away from 2008 Man United levels...😭😭 Ed Woodward the cause. if only I was in England I would tell the other match going fans to close the doors of Old Trafford until we see changes. all most a month in the transfer window still no signings.