Manchester United fans are urging supporters to wear black for a march this weekend in a sign of the club’s slow death in a fresh protest against the Glazer family.

1958 supporters’ group have urged fans to march to Old Trafford ahead of Sunday’s home game against Arsenal as the club struggles both financially and on the pitch.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been a minority shareholder and manager since last year and has taken a number of measures to address the club’s finances, including laying off almost 450 staff and raising ticket prices mid-season. United

have yet to confirm ticket prices for next season but the decision to scrap special prices for under-18s and over-65s and to increase the price to £66 has raised concerns among supporters about future price increases.

“The club is slowly dying before us, on and off the pitch and the blame is equally on the current owners,” said Steve Crompton, a representative for 1958 supporters’ group.

“The club is in dire financial ruin. Debt is a road downhill. Sir Matt Busby will be living in peace as one of the great clubs in the world collapses and is a laughing stock in so many ways. “

The club is going backwards and it’s getting worse. แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ. We are urging the fans to stand up, join us at 3pm this Sunday as we march to the stadium and protest the Glazers and their destruction of support culture.”

The protest will start from the Tollgate pub and head towards Old Trafford via Sir Matt Busby Way before gathering in front of the Three Musketeers statue and then onto the pitch.

They are asking fans to wear black, in reminiscent of what United fans did when they beat Arsenal in the FA Cup final in 2005, shortly after Malcolm Glazer took over the club.

Last weekend, United and Fulham fans also showed up with ‘Stop Profiting from Loyalty’ banners, a campaign organised by the Football Supporters Association.

Sunday’s game was also the lowest attendance at Old Trafford this season (67,614), a notch below the Carabao Cup third-round tie against Burnley in September last year (72,063).