English Feel Hostile About a U.S. Soccer Takeover in Manchester

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MANCHESTER, England -- How do English soccer fans hate Malcolm Glazer, the billionaire businessman who this week took control of Manchester United, one of the world's most famous soccer teams? Let us count the ways.

There are Glazer's personal qualities, which, according to various English newspapers, extend to rapaciousness, ruthlessness, meanness, megalomania, unflattering facial hair and a propensity, The Daily Mail says, for "wearing his trouser waistband ludicrously high."

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English Feel Hostile About a U.S. Soccer Takeover in Manchester

There is the way he is said to be saddling Manchester United with debt, using the team's assets to help secure some $490 million in loans as part of the $1.45 billion takeover price.

As far as anyone can tell, Glazer, 76, has never been to a Manchester United game or possibly even to any soccer game. Which might not be so surprising, according to his sister Maria. "He has never liked sports," she told The Daily Mail.

And then,...

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