Man Utd & Man City to pay tribute to synagogue attack victims

Before their weekend Premier League games, Manchester United and Manchester City will pay respects to the victims of the synagogue attack.

However, tributes to the incident that left two people dead and three others injured on Thursday won’t be regularly held in the Premier League or English Football League.

United players will observe a minute’s silence and wear black armbands before their Saturday game against Sunderland at Old Trafford, just as the women’s team did on Friday night when they played Chelsea in their Women’s Super League game.

Ruben Amorim, the manager of United men, stated at his news conference on Friday: “It is a crazy world we are living in right now, a lot of big things happened, we will pay tribute tomorrow.

Black armbands will also be worn by United’s under-21 and under-18 teams.

City and the Bees have agreed to hold a moment’s silence before kick-off, and they will also be wearing black armbands when they travel to Brentford on Sunday.

Brentford had already planned a memorial for Christopher Ramsey, the head of the academy, who passed away from bowel cancer on Wednesday.

Given the gravity of Thursday’s attack, Brentford have agreed to reduce the tribute from a minute’s applause to silence.

Women’s Manchester City will also pay their respects before Saturday’s WSL game against Arsenal.

Any club that wants to pay tribute will likely be supported by both the Premier League and the EFL.

The Premier League has since abandoned the idea of blanket silences for non-football issues despite supporting anti-discrimination initiatives for some time.

Following the Football Association’s announcement that Wembley’s arch would only be lit for entertainment and football under a new policy in November 2023, the new policy is now in effect.

Following the Hamas attacks on October 7 that resulted in 1,200 fatalities, the decision was made following criticism.

The Premier League, EFL, and FA were accused of “double standards” for holding memorials for the 50 victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks four years ago.