Lifelong United fan Harris is a football finance expert and an influential figure in the English Premier League following his advisory role in football club sales. Harris brokered Roman Abramovich’s takeover of Chelsea in 2003.
“It is no good fans turning up 10 minutes late for matches, they have to do more than that,” he told UK newspaper the Daily Mail. “The green and gold protest is fabulous, a symbolic and significant message to the owners. Its like white handkerchiefs in Spain but it won't force the Glazers to sell to us.
“If enough people - and I'm talking about thousands - stop turning up to matches and do not renew their (season) tickets then that does it. The supporters have to hurt the Glazers in the pockets. They have to be prepared to take the pain of not watching their club in order to achieve long-term gain.
“They have to be galvanised and say 'we will not come, we will not buy programmes and merchandise.’ It's a big ask, it's a risk, but that is what must happen. The Glazers are thick-skinned and seem impervious to protest. They will not be impervious to enormous drops in revenue.”
Harris has started to organise a possible takeover of the club after being contacted by members of the Manchester United Supporters Trust.
