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One of Manchester United's much-maligned owners, Joel and Avram Glazer, are to attend annual meetings as the club announced a new fans advisory board in a bid to quell growing dissent from supporters against the owners.
The 20-times English champions said in a statement that the board would consist of 'seven senior fan representatives and up to five club executives'.
United's chief operating officer Collette Roche added that one of the two co-executive chairmen, the two Glazer brothers, would attend meetings once a year.
Joel Glazer (right) and brother Avram (left) have pledged to attend Man United fans' meetings
United fans staged a protest on May 2 which led to their game with Liverpool being postponed
The club first revealed plans for a fan advisory board after Joel Glazer attended his first fans' forum in June, some 16 years after his family acquired the club in a highly controversial takeover.
United said they were now finalising those plans and also an expanded Fans' Forum following further talks with Manchester United Supporters' Trust (MUST) and other fan groups.
Large sections of United supporters have opposed the Glazer family ever since the 2005 takeover, which piled
