After news of the shocking incident emerged, United immediately released a statement and threatened the thugs with lifetime bans. The statement read: “ Manchester United Football Club have tonight been made aware of the incident outside the home of one of our employees. The group of United fans are known as 'The Men in Black' due to their preference to dark clothing. Another was: "Gonna die, gonna die, Ed Woodward’s gonna die. All I know is Woodward’s gonna die."

Source: Daily Mirror January 28, 2020 23:04 UTC