Man Utd banned from printing three iconic players' shirts as club rules are revealed
Fans have been left baffled after learning that the club's official shop are
FORBIDDEN
from printing the three big names on the back of replica tops.
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Man Utd are banned from printing three iconic players' shirts
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United released the club's new
home and away
shirt for
next
season, with fans racing to get their favourite players names on the back.
Among these were huge United fan Simon Lloyd, who noticed something bizarre when he took his son to the Mega Store at Old Trafford this week.
According to the club's rules,
fans can't get Eric Cantona
,
David Beckham and
Of course, that may come as a huge surprise given their iconic statuses.
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A policy sign mounted on shop wall read: 'Due to licensing restrictions, we are unable to print Cantona, Beckham, and
Ronaldo
.'
The three icons own their image rights, meaning the club cannot print their name at the Megastore.
And fans online were left baffled by the widely unknown rule.
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One wrote on X: "That's really weird!"
While a second joked: "What if your surname genuinely is Beckham 🤣."
Man United fans answer whether they still back Ruben Amorim
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United are banned from printing Eric Cantona's name on shirts in the club shop
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David Beckham also owns the image rights to his name
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But another raged: "I really detest the way football is going. It's all about the
money
and nothing else."
A fourth said: "That's an absolute disgrace."
The club also made it clear that they "only" print on the current season's shirts and fans can't ask for previous fonts used in older years.
Cantona was the face of Premier League football in the 90s, after helping United to four league titles, after joining from
Leeds
in 1992.
Beckham, who graduated from the club's famed youth academy, won six league titles and was part of the club's treble-winning campaign in 1999.
As for
Ronaldo
, he made his name at Old Trafford, winning three league titles, the Champions League and the Ballon d'Or in 2008.
Fast forward 18 years and Ruben Amorim's squad are set to begin their pre-season US tour against West Ham on Saturday, before facing Bournemouth and Everton next week.
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