According to Tasnim news agency and quoted by Sun; Fans of the Manchester United football team in England reacted in an interesting way to the appointment of Howard Webb as the successor of Mike Riley as the chairman of the referee committee of the Premier League.
Webb, a 50-year-old English football referee who also whistled at the 2010 World Cup, is currently under contract with the MLS until the end of this year, but he has resigned as executive director of the league’s refereeing committee. , Returns to his home country to succeed Riley, 57.
The move was accompanied by feedback in cyberspace, much of which was sarcastic and directed at the managers and owners of the Manchester United club.
“Congratulations to Manchester United for making their biggest acquisition in a decade,” one user wrote in a message mocking the Red Devils’ lack of activity in the summer transfer market. “Howard Webb, what a mouth-watering purchase!” Another user wrote: “Howard Webb will be the head referee of the Premier League. “This is also Manchester United’s first summer signing.”
Frequent protests by players and coaches against the low level of refereeing in the Premier League last season, especially in the use of VAR, prompted league officials to make changes to the refereeing committee and remove Riley after 12 years and leave. John Moss, Kevin Friend and Martin Atkinson were among those changes.