Manchester United were subjected to further embarrassment after their 1-0 defeat at the hands of Arsenal.
United suffered their 14th defeat of the Premier League season as Leandro Trossard’s 20th-minute strike handed the Gunners all three points.
Adding insult to injury for the Red Devils, videos surfaced on social media after the game, revealing Old Trafford submerged in floodwaters.
Old Trafford ☔️ pic.twitter.com/MyQQYjJsQu
— Simon Peach (@SimonPeach) May 12, 2024
As the United game vs. Arsenal neared its end, torrential rain started pouring (as seen in the below image posted by journalist Simon Peach on X).
May in Manchester pic.twitter.com/OYMqag9XTo
— Simon Peach (@SimonPeach) May 12, 2024
After the final whistle, videos emerged on social media showing the Old Trafford roof leaking, with the stadium taking in a lot of water.
Don’t go chasing waterfalls… pic.twitter.com/qj0m9lI3iY
— Simon Peach (@SimonPeach) May 12, 2024
talkSPORT’s Alex Turk also posted a similarly embarrassing video of the tunnel entrance leaking.
As Turk wrote, it’s what decades of neglect by the Glazers have culminated into.
Never mind the team they had to put out on the pitch today, this is what two decades of Glazer ownership has done to #MUFC pic.twitter.com/CUrEE7Njfd
— Alex Crook ⚽️🎙 (@alex_crook) May 12, 2024
Since their leveraged buyout of the club in 2005, the Glazers have been accused of abandoning the revamp of Old Trafford at the expense of their own personal greed.
Not only have they failed to pump in their own money into improving the team, but they’ve also let the Theatre of Dreams descend into a deplorable state.
Once hailed as the the country’s finest grounds, this is no longer the case and the Red Devils have now fallen firmly behind their rivals.
The one positive United fans can take from the current state of affairs is that Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS associates were present and would have undoubtedly taken note of the issue.
It’s been repeatedly stated that Ratcliffe’s desire is to construct a new state-of-the-art arena for United that will make the club the envy of Europe’s elites once again.
The petrochemicals billionaire himself has opened up on these plans and indicated that he wants to set them in motion as soon as possible.
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