Manchester United Will Allow Soccer Fans to Buy Shares in Club

  • Shares to have same voting rights as those held by club owners
  • Move follows backlash from attempt to form super league

Fans of Manchester United hold up "GO Glazers Out" signs during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Fulham at Old Trafford, in Manchester, U.K., on May 18.

Photographer: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

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Manchester United will allow its fans to buy shares in the club, in the latest repercussion of a failed move by soccer giants to form a breakaway Super League in Europe.