Security around Ed Woodward will be beefed up around transfer deadline day – with fears the Manchester United chief executive could again be a target for irate fans.
A 20-strong mob of thugs sprayed paint at Woodward’s Cheshire house and threw flares and a smoke bomb in an attack on his property at the end of the last window in January.
The so-called fans were said to be angry at a lack of transfer activity, even though United were close to sealing a £47million deal for Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes at the time.
Now, with United struggling to match the spending of some of their top-six rivals in the current window, there has been mounting anger again by supporters who are frustrated at a failure to land No.1 transfer
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