Man United fans release the rage as young defender joins Leeds on loan

Who said the rivalry was dead?

In the weird world of megabucks transfers an unremarkable loan move of a Premier League youngster to a Championship club shouldn’t really be headline news, but this Manchester United and Leeds we are talking about.

This morning the Yorkshire club confirmed a rare signing from the red half of Manchester as left back Cameron Borthwick-Jackson crossed the divide.

Despite not even being in the same division since Leeds were relegated from the Premier League in 2004, the fans still hate each other about as much as Donald Trump detests the US Congress system.

The rivalry remains alive and well it seems, with Man United supporters anyway,  as they took to Twitter in their droves to denounce Borthwick-Jackson’s move after the club announced it this morning.

These are some of the ‘nicer’ ones we can show you:

There were a few voices of reason:

But it didn’t last long…

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