Manchester United have sold all 55,000 season tickets in record time ahead of Louis van Gaal’s arrival in England this week.
Van
Gaal’s exploits in taking Holland to the World Cup semi-finals in
Brazil has fired a surge of interest among United fans and a message on
the official club website last night confirmed that season tickets are
now sold out for 2014/15.
It is the
earliest United have reached this point since the stadium was expanded
to 76,000 fans in 2006. The remaining 21,000 seats are held back for
away fans and supporters who want to attend individual matches.
The news of an upturn in ticket sales
will be a huge boost and relief to United who are expecting to unveil
van Gaal to the world’s media at Old Trafford on Thursday before they
depart for their pre-season American tour.
After last season’s disappointing
seventh-place finish under David Moyes which meant the club will not be
involved in Europe, they wrote to their eight thousand corporate-seat
holders agreeing to reduce prices by 15%.
Unlike season-ticket holders, corporate tickets are used for cup matches as well.
Whereas Moyes wanted to give all
United’s players a chance to prove themselves last summer, van Gaal is
expected to make quick decisions about who he wants to stay.
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