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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-025609
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 14D9/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240220
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240220

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Manchester United plc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001549107
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-AMUSEMENT & RECREATION SERVICES [7900]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		IRS NUMBER:				981063519
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 14D9/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-86956
		FILM NUMBER:		24654870

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		Old Trafford
		CITY:			Manchester
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			M16 ORA
		BUSINESS PHONE:		44(0)1618688000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		Old Trafford
		CITY:			Manchester
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			M16 ORA

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Manchester United Ltd.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20120503

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Manchester United plc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001549107
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-AMUSEMENT & RECREATION SERVICES [7900]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		IRS NUMBER:				981063519
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 14D9/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		Old Trafford
		CITY:			Manchester
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			M16 ORA
		BUSINESS PHONE:		44(0)1618688000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		Old Trafford
		CITY:			Manchester
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			M16 ORA

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Manchester United Ltd.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20120503
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED
STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
</B></FONT><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE 14D-9</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER SECTION&nbsp;14(d)(4)&nbsp;OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Amendment No.&nbsp;3)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 14pt"><B>Manchester
United plc</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 14pt"><B></B></FONT><B>(Name of Subject Company)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 14pt"><B>Manchester
United plc</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 14pt"><B></B></FONT><B>(Names of Persons Filing Statement)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>CLASS&nbsp;A
ORDINARY SHARES, PAR VALUE $0.0005 PER SHARE<BR>
</B></FONT><B>(Title of Class&nbsp;of Securities)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>G5784H106<BR>
</B></FONT><B>(CUSIP Number of Class&nbsp;of Securities)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Patrick Stewart</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Interim Chief Executive Officer and General
Counsel</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Manchester United plc</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Old Trafford</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Sir Matt Busby Way</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Manchester M16 0RA</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>United Kingdom</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>+44 (0) 161 868 8000</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>With copies to:</I></P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Marc Jaffe,&nbsp;Esq.</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Justin G. Hamill,&nbsp;Esq.</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Ian D. Schuman,&nbsp;Esq.</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1271 Avenue of the Americas</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10020</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(212) 906-1200</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding: 0.25pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Mitchell S. Nusbaum,&nbsp;Esq.</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Christopher R. Rodi,&nbsp;Esq.</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>2 State Street</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>700 Crossroads Building</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Rochester, NY 14614</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(585) 987-2800</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person
authorized to receive notices and communications <BR>
on behalf of the persons filing statement)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">This
Amendment No.&nbsp;</FONT>3 to Schedule 14D-9 (this &ldquo;<B><I>Amendment</I></B>&rdquo;) amends and supplements the Solicitation/Recommendation
Statement on Schedule 14D-9 filed by Manchester United plc (&ldquo;<B><I>Manchester United</I></B>&rdquo;) with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<B><I>SEC</I></B>&rdquo;) on January&nbsp;17, 2024 (as amended and/or supplemented from time to time,
the &ldquo;<B><I>Schedule 14D-9</I></B>&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined,
in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 14D-9. The information in the Schedule 14D-9 is incorporated
into this Amendment by reference to all applicable items in the Schedule 14D-9, except that such information is hereby amended and supplemented
to the extent specifically provided herein. Except to the extent specifically provided in this Amendment, the information set forth in
the Schedule 14D-9 remains unchanged.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ITEM 8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Item
8 &ldquo;</FONT><I>Additional Information</I>&rdquo; of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding a new section
immediately prior to the section that begins with the heading &ldquo;<I>Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements</I>,&rdquo;
as set forth below:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Expiration of the Offer.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">At
one minute after 11:59 p.m.&nbsp;Eastern Time on February&nbsp;16, 2024, the Offer expired as scheduled and was not extended. All
conditions to the Offer having been satisfied, Purchaser accepted for payment 13,237,834 Class&nbsp;A Shares validly tendered into
the Offer and not validly withdrawn for aggregate consideration of approximately $436.8 million. Payment for such Shares will be
made promptly in accordance with the terms of the Offer. Computershare Trust Company N.A., the depositary for the Offer, has advised
that the proration factor for the Offer is approximately 26.2%. All Class&nbsp;A Shares tendered into but not accepted for payment
in the Offer will be returned to the tendering shareholders.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On February&nbsp;20, 2024, pursuant to the terms
of the Transaction Agreement, the Sellers completed the sale of the Sale Shares to Purchaser, and Manchester United completed the issuance
and sale of the Class&nbsp;A Shares and Class&nbsp;B Shares to Purchaser pursuant to the Closing Share Subscription. Also on such date,
the Amended Articles became effective, the Governance Agreement became effective, and Manchester United, Purchaser and Sellers entered
into a registration rights agreement on substantially the same terms set forth in the Registration Rights Term Sheet.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On February&nbsp;20, 2024, Manchester United and
the Offerors issued a press release announcing the expiration and results of the Offer, the Closing and related matters. The full text
of the press release is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;(a)(10)&nbsp;to this Schedule 14D-9 and is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ITEM 9. EXHIBITS.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 9 &ldquo;<I>Exhibits</I>&rdquo; of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby
amended and supplemented by adding the following exhibits to the exhibit index:</P>

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    by Reference</B></P></TD>
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    No</B></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>File Date</B></P></TD>
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    File<BR>
    No.</B></P></TD>
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    Herewith</B></P></TD>
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    Herewith</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 9.35pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -9.35pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549107/000110465924025549/tm2333644d14_ex99-a5c.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)(10)</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 4.3pt; padding-left: 4.3pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549107/000110465924025549/tm2333644d14_ex99-a5c.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Press release issued by Manchester United and the Offerors on February&nbsp;20, 2024</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 4.3pt; padding-left: 4.3pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549107/000110465924025549/tm2333644d14_ex99-a5c.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Schedule TO</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 4.3pt; padding-left: 4.3pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549107/000110465924025549/tm2333644d14_ex99-a5c.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">February&nbsp;20, 2024</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 4.3pt; padding-left: 4.3pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549107/000110465924025549/tm2333644d14_ex99-a5c.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)(5)(C)</FONT></A></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge
and belief,&nbsp;I certify that the information set forth in this Schedule&nbsp;14D-9 is true, complete and correct.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>MANCHESTER UNITED PLC</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Dated</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 42%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">February&nbsp;20, 2024</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 45%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Joel Glazer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Joel Glazer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Executive Co-Chairman</FONT></TD></TR>
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