Manchester United manager defends decision to scrap LGBTQ+ initiative

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Ruben Amorim, manager of Manchester United, has spoken out in defense of the team’s recent decision not to don pro-LGBTQ+ jackets during a match.

The team had been planning to wear the Adidas-designed jackets as part of the Rainbow Laces campaign in which Stonewall calls on the Premier League to show support to queer fans and supporters. However plans were scrapped only hours before the match as one player, Noussair Mazraoui, did not feel comfortable wearing the jacket on religious grounds.

“It was a group decision as players, as it should be,” Amorim explained, as reported by the MailOnline. “There’s three difficult things to manage. On one side, it’s club values. There’s no doubt what this club believes and fights for. Then you have religion, which you

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