The fans were well behaved but sang songs which made death threats to Glazer.

The chants included: “He’s gonna die, Malcolm Glazer’s gonna die, how we’ll kill him I don’t know, cut him up from head to toe, all I know is Glazer’s gonna die.”

Another chant threatened to build a bonfire with Glazer on the top and his bankers in the middle.

Police kept a low key presence as fans marched around the stadium.

Oliver Houston, vice chairman of the fans pressure group, Shareholders United, said: “Our message to Manchester United is to close the book on Malcolm Glazer.

“He wants to know where the money is coming from within the club.

“Well it comes from us, the fans.

“If he takes over there won’t be any coming in because we will not buy the merchandise, we will not go to the matches and United will not get the income they get now.”

Sales assistant, Mark Whittaker, from Sale, said: “We have come here to show the strength of feeling to the club and to Glazer.

“This is just the start of it. This should give him an idea of how much we don’t want him interfering with Manchester United.”

More than 100 fans ignored police requests to clear the road outside the stadium’s main entrance and carried out a sit down protest.