Furious Man Utd fans slam new ticket prices as ‘another slap in the face' and warn decision will do ‘enormous harm'
The club have introduced a new match categorisation model, charging some members up to £97 for top fixtures - starting with the Premier League opener against Arsenal on August 17.
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Manchester United fans have hit back at the club's new pricing structure
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Chief exec Omar Berrada insists supporters were consulted on the changes
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Around 20,000 supporters buying tickets for home matches at Old Trafford through the membership scheme will be affected in some form.
Manchester United Supporters Trust (MUST) claim the club "failed to consult any of the fans' representative bodies on the details of the decision".
However, chief executive
A MUST statement read: "After how last season went, we might have hoped that the club would reconsider their plans for this new ticketing model.
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"It will see eye-watering price increases for 20,000 supporters per game who buy tickets on a match-by-match basis.
"This really is a fresh kick in the teeth for Manchester United fans."
Supporters were already at war with the club after
Berrada admitted this week in an interview with United We Stand that the club had made a mistake.
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The opener with the Gunners is one of six Prem games priced between £59 and £97 for members.
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Paul Scholes lays into Sir Jim Ratcliffe for 'having the cheek' to introduce 'ridiculous' Man Utd's ticket prices
Category B includes 11 league matches, with two games - against Wolves and Sunderland - priced in the Category C band.
Cup games are in the lowest Category D band.
The changes will see
MUST added: "Once again, they have failed to consult any of the fans' representative bodies on the details of the decision.
"And, once again, they are making choices against the interests of fans and the club as a whole.
"This match categorisation model will do enormous harm."
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The club insist fan groups were consulted and say ticket prices are lower than those first proposed to the Fan Advisory Board, whom Berrada claims to have engaged with heavily since the £66 decision.
But another protest group,
"Dialogue with the club is broken, ignored or treated with contempt.
'Fans raise genuine concerns, the club responds with spin and price hikes.
"Profit comes first. Supporters, the lifeblood of this club, come last."
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