As the English Premier League's fiercest foes prepare to battle on the pitch Sunday, supporters are united in a common hatred: American owners who have turned English soccer's most successful clubs into the most indebted.
``Yanks Out'' is likely to be the common refrain booming around the 76,000-seat Old Trafford on Sunday when Manchester United and Liverpool meet, while most of the home support will twirl green-and-gold protest scarves.
The protesters have even won government support, with Prime Minister Gordon Brown complaining that in soccer ``debt levels have been at a leverage level that is too high.''
But United club secretary Ken Ramsden dismissed protests by both sets of fans, telling The Associated Press that it's about soccer ``played on the field, not in the board rooms.''
