Manchester United Likely to Leave Entire Stand Empty for Europa League Clash

Manchester United are facing the drastic prospect of having to close an entire stand due to a lack of interest in tickets for their Europa League clash with FC Midtjylland on February 25.

Louis van Gaal's struggling side dropped down to the competition after finishing third in their Champions League group and face a two-legged tie with the little-known Danish side.

Clearly, United fans are less than excited by the fixture, with so few purchasing tickets that the club are planning to close the 26,000 capacity Sir Alex Ferguson Stand for the tie.

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#MUFC have been writing to fans to relocate them for Midtjylland game on Feb 25 cos they're unlikely to open SAF stand due to lack of [ctd]

— James Ducker (@DuckerTheTimes) February 3, 2016"

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demand for tickets. Attendances also well down for Ajax and Bilbao Europa Lge home games in 2012 - 67,328 and 59,265 for those matches

— James Ducker (@DuckerTheTimes) February 3, 2016"

The club faced similarly low interest in 2012 when they played Ajax and Athletic Bilbao in Europe's second-tier competition.

[Twitter, h/t Talking Baws]