The Republik of Mancunia fans’ website put the money together to hire the plane which would fly a banner with the words: ‘Wrong One – Moyes Out’ to go overhead during Saturday’s Barclays Premier League home match against Aston Villa
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It is a direct challenge to the Stretford End Flags group, who say they will not take down the ‘Chosen One’ banner inside Old Trafford.
The Republik of Mancunia website said: “The message is a response to the Stretford End Flags banner which reads ‘The Chosen One’. Following United’s 3-0 defeat against City, stewards were sent to protect the banner at full time, after there were concerns that fans would want to remove it.”
“As yet, there have been no public protests within the ground, home or away, but it is expected that will change at the weekend when United face Villa.”
Andrew Kilduff of Stretford End Flags told Sportsmail that the group had thought about taking the banner down but ultimately decided to keep it up.
He explained: “It’s rare that we commission banners for a player or manager who has just arrived. Certainly it’s almost unheard of that we would do one for someone who hadn’t won or achieved anything with us. But we thought the David Moyes situation was different, said Kilduff.
“When he arrived, we had been urged by Sir Alex Ferguson to support him and this was just one of the ways we felt we could do that. Now we are under some pressure to take it down.
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