Why Glazers ‘feared a MUTINY from Man Utd stars’ as reason club never visits US city on pre-season tour revealed
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MANCHESTER UNITED stars were stopped from ever visiting the Glazer-owned Tampa Bay Buccaneers over fears of a MUTINY, it has been claimed. The Red Devils have been owned by the Glazer family since an £800million ($984m) leveraged buyout in 2005, leaving the club with a huge level of debt.
![[Avram and Joel Glazer at a Manchester United soccer match.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/avram-joel-glazer-r-look-754015048_6a0335.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The Florida-based American family are also the owner of NFL franchise the Buccaneers. Man Utd have often toured around the US for pre-season, but have never been near Tampa. However, it has now been revealed United were stopped from visiting their sister team over fears it would spark a player revolt.
ESPN's Mark Ogden explained it was believed if players from United saw the training facilities in Tampa they would then rebel due to their own relatively poor facilities. Ogden told the Football Reporters podcast: "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.
![[Aerial view of Manchester United's Carrington Training Ground.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/aerial-shot-manchester-uniteds-carrington-794900060.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"I asked this person, I said, when United go to America, why do they never go to Tampa?. "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).
![[Tampa Bay Buccaneers indoor practice facility.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tampa-bay-buccaneers-indoor-practice-965970070.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
