Revealed: The BIZARRE 'reason' Man United never go to Tampa on their pre-season USA tours - and why there would be 'mutiny' if they did
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Manchester United players would reportedly consider launching a rebellion if they saw the state-of-the-art facilities they are missing out on. The Glazer family, their part-owners, are also in charge of American football outfit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
![[The NFL team's £57million AdventHealth Training Centre opened its doors in 2022]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/17/94399323-14313981-The_NFL_team_s_57million_AdventHealth_Training_Centre_opened_its-a-19_1737566560784.jpg)
However, unlike other Premier League clubs visiting their 'sister' teams in the United States, United never go to Tampa on their pre-season tours. And ESPN reporter Mark Ogden, who is well-connected at Old Trafford, claims that's because United's stars might get jealous of Tampa's £57million traing centre, which opened in 2022.
![[Manchester United are renovating Carrington training complex for £50m and Sir Jim Ratcliffe admitted it lagged behind their rivals' this summer]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/17/94398903-14313981-image-a-36_1737565651893.jpg)
'I was told a story by somebody who worked at United, and it's the elephant in the room that we haven't really discussed: It's the Glazers. It's the Glazer family and their ownership of the club,' Ogden said on The Football Reporters podcast. 'I asked this person, I said, when United go to America, why do they never go to Tampa?.
![[The Glazer family own stakes in both United and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/17/94399117-14313981-image-a-37_1737565713558.jpg)
Manchester United reportedly never go to Tampa on their USA tours because they would get jealous of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' facilities. The NFL team's £57million AdventHealth Training Centre opened its doors in 2022. Manchester United are renovating Carrington training complex for £50m and Sir Jim Ratcliffe admitted it lagged behind their rivals' this summer.
![[Tampa play at the 75,000-capacity Raymond James Stadium in Florida]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/17/94399031-14313981-image-a-40_1737566136584.jpg)
'Arsenal will do a link-up with the LA Rams or with whoever (owner Stan) Kroenke's team are. Liverpool did it with FSG in Boston, they spent a lot of time there. 'United have never gone anywhere near Tampa, where the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that the Glazers own in the US (are).
![[Over the summer, United announced plans to modernise the men's first-team building]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/17/86116029-14313981-Manchester_United_have_announced_they_commence_work_to_modernise-a-38_1737565780905.jpg)
