Fans of Manchester United criticized the club after the announcement of new ticket prices and guidelines for next season.
United has increased the costs of season tickets by five percent while the price is freezing under 16 years of age. The club believes that the increase of approximately £ 2.50 per match is close to inflation and reflects their rising costs that they cannot continue to absorb.
The seasonal card prices for adults will now vary between £ 608- £ 1,121. Youth and senior tickets are lower and United have also applied a blanket 25 percent concession for all OAPS, some of whom benefited from a saving of 50 percent.
But the confidence of the Manchester United supporters said they were 'disappointed' that the club called calls to freeze all prices.
Must express his concern about plans to relocate fans behind the Dugouts in Old Trafford and sell their seats at higher prices in a new VIP area, and also charge non-season card holders more for premium games using a match categorization model.
They also challenged United about an increase in the minimum user requirement of the seasonal card holder for 16 of the 19 Premier League matches, the decision to impose £ 10 costs on fans who return their tickets to the club less than two weeks before the competition, and an increase of 15 percent in parking costs.
United Chief Executive Omar Bercrada said: 'We appreciate the loyal and patient support of our fans, and in particular our seasonal card holders who represent the core of our match-going support basis.
'We understand the importance of their support for the team and have worked hard to think of a price package that is honest and reasonable.
'After 11 consecutive years of freezing, we have increased the prices by five percent in the past two seasons and we intend to do the same for next season to compensate for the continued increases in operating costs.
'We understand that every price increase is undesirable, especially during a period of underperformance on the field, and we have listened carefully to the strong arguments that the FAB (fans of the advisory board) for a freezing of a freezing forward.
“However, the club has decided that it would not be correct to keep prices unchanged while the costs are rising and the club continues to experience financial problems.”
Must and protest group The 1958 have organized demonstrations in recent weeks to try to persuade the club to freeze the prices. After Monday's announcement, an immediate survey must be launched that will be open for supporters for the next 48 hours.
An explanation was: 'Since a few months we have argued for a long time that the club should look at the big whole and freeze the ticket prices for the following season. Other clubs have already done that and at United it would have sent a powerful message about the need for everyone to get together to get the club out of the very difficult position in which he is located.
'We note that the scale of the headline is less than many feared and we believe that the enormous amounts of dialogue that fans groups had with the club, in addition to the public pressure exerted by the media and various protests, helped the increase.
'The new match categorization model for non-season card holders, however, is a source of great care for fans who are confronted with extra price increases for games with a higher demand. We ask for a strict limit about the number of games that are placed in the higher price categories, whereby the vast majority of games are left at the basic freed level.
'We also have to work to understand the detailed effects of the chair movements and the changes to the conditions that are made. In particular, we see no justification for the increase in the minimum user requirement of the seasonal card holder. The devil is so often in the details and these types of changes must always be carried out with full consultation with the affected. '
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