15-minute flight to Leicester: Manunited rejects criticism

Many football clubs like to give the painting to work sustainably or at least more ecological than before. Most recently, the Premier League lot has been called between Tottenham and Chelsea for Gamero. With many actions it should be the first CO2 neutral game worldwide. So it did not fit in the picture on Saturday that Manchester United was leaving the journey to the 120 kilometer aside distant Leicester with the plane.

The Red Devils, which also lost in the square no good picture and 2: 4 lost, rejected the allegations with reference to predictions of traffic disturbances on the highways. According to the flight, English media reported only for a quarter of an hour, so that during the climbing flight probably already the sink flight to landing had to be initiated.

We had to change our plans

We usually do not fly to our league games, but because of the circumstances, we had to change our plans, the club announced on request of the BBC. Shortly before the planned departure of the bus, the manunited delegation has achieved messages on a blocking of the intended partial route via the M6 ​​motorway. Good 170 kilometers would have the shortest route by bus.

For United, despite its additional comments on energy savings and reducing CO2 emissions of club facilities and vehicles, the process is at least embarrassed.

Only at the beginning of the season, the former Champions League winner was particularly public relations with a partnership with a group of renewable energies. We want to increase attention to how people can contribute to a purer and more sustainable future on our planet, the club had notified.