Tyson Fury abandons Man Utd and confirms he | Boxing News

Tyson Fury has revealed that he has been turned off soccer because of Manchester United’s latest struggles on the pitch. The 13-time Premier League champions are no longer title contenders and may only muster a Fifteenth-place league end last season.

Fury has beforehand attended Old Trafford to watch United in motion and was paraded on the pitch at half time during the Red Devils’ 2-2 draw with Arsenal in December 2018, just days after his battle with Deontay Wilder in the USA had ended in a draw. The 37-year-old returned to Manchester for the crew’s Champions League quarter-final showdown with Barcelona in 2019, before being noticed at the stadium for another conflict with Arsenal in 2022. And he even caught up with Sir Alex Ferguson at the stadium when United defeated Liverpool in an FA Cup quarter-final showdown in March 2024.

United haven’t come close to successful the Premier League title since legendary supervisor Ferguson retired in 2013. And Fury has made his views on the membership and soccer as a complete completely clear.

During an interview with Racing TV at Cartmel Racecourse at the start of the week, the previous boxing world champion explained: “I’m not a supporter of football really.

“I used to support United, but because they’re in the s*** now, I’m no supporter of any football teams anymore.”

Fury even revealed he also stopped supporting the England national crew following their humiliating Euro 2016 exit at the fingers of Iceland.

The Three Lions, who have been managed by Roy Hodgson during that match, met Iceland in the spherical of 16 and have been anticipated to cruise into the quarter-finals. But they blew a one-goal benefit as they have been finally defeated 2-1.

And Fury added: “I used to support England as well, but when they lost to Iceland in the Euros in 2016, that was me and football completely done with. Now I’m into horse racing, get up.”

Fury gained’t be the only individual to have grown weary of Manchester United’s underwhelming performances on the pitch, with many Red Devils followers airing their frustrations in latest seasons.

The north west giants have completed in the Premier League top 4 just once in the last 4 campaigns, with last season’s Fifteenth-place standing marking their lowest place since the competitors’s rebrand in 1992.

And they’ve hardly flown out of the traps this season either, with a 1-0 defeat to Arsenal on the opening weekend of the marketing campaign being adopted by a 1-1 draw with Fulham on Sunday.