If the application is accepted, MUST would be given the opportunity to buy the stadium should the Glazers ever decide to cash in.A listing reduces the chances that Old Trafford could be secretly sold off and worse still Manchester United move to a new location, as we've seen with such disastrous effects at several other English clubs - perhaps the worst example being Wimbledon/Milton Keynes Dons," said MUST chief executive Duncan Drasdo.While the notion seems far-fetched, there have been instances in the past where clubs have lost control of their stadiums and therefore the right to make money from them.United's owners, the Glazer family, are not looking to sell United's world-famous home, where they have played since 1910. But that has not stopped the Manchester United Supporters Trust (MUST) submitting a nomination to the local Trafford Council for the ground to be registered as an 'Asset of Community Value'.Trafford Council now has eight weeks to make a decision, leaving open the potential for the Glazers to appeal.
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