Manchester United’s beleaguered owners the Glazer’s £100 million ‘peace deal’ offer to fans can surely be seen for what it is, a stunt. An attempted PR coup for the debt riddled club and its owners to win back the Manchester United faithful after the peaceful yet powerful protests at Old Trafford a fortnight ago. United Chief Executive David Gill in a recent interview with BBC Radio Five Live suggested not only would United invest heavily in new players in the summer, but that up to £100 million could be made available to Sir Alex Ferguson.

‘The owners understand that they will only get value back by ensuring the team continues to be successful and continues to attract exciting players and produces results off the pitch as well’

‘We do our planning throughout the year but the money will be there and it might be more than £55million.’

‘We have well over £100million in the bank, so we will assess the squad over the next few months and go into the market as appropriate.’

Whilst Manchester United fans have serious worries about the club’s future with debts of over £500 million owed by the Glazers, to suggest an ability to spend £100 million on players with such a debt hanging over the club screams of mismanagement. Of course hearing your team could be spending such a vast amount of money on talent is music to the ears of any football fan, yet surely common sense must prevail.

It’s the interest payments that are killing United’s budget. Without the £60million plus payments the Glazers have to pay on the clubs debt every year United could maintain an extremely large transfer budget and stay profitable without the worry of selling off the crown jewels, al la Rooney due to unmanageable debt. It’s all fine David Gill announcing up to £100 million available to buy players, but what if something goes wrong? An unexpected early exit from the Champions League perhaps? A long term injury to Wayne Rooney causing significant damage to United's title chances? What about when Sir Alex steps down? The club will go through a transition period upon his departure, such his impact at the club. Sir Alex Ferguson is Manchester United. Will the performances drop? Whilst I am not suggesting United will not be challenging for honours on all fronts, will they be the same team without Ferguson?

Fans of the club need only to look at rivals Liverpool to see what crippling debt can do. If Liverpool doesn’t make the Champions League they could be in serious trouble, furthermore their untimely exit from the competition this year has cost them an estimated £20 million. Could Manchester United cope with such a loss of revenue considering how large their debt is? Instead of David Gill suggesting such an obscene transfer budget, they should spend money more wisely by giving Wayne Rooney a new contract. Spending £100 million on players could be a great summer for United fans, but if the Glazers think this will turn the fans around to their side, they are strongly mistaken.