Anti-Glazer United fans take their fight to club sponsor AIG

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The attack, which occurred on Monday night while United were playing a friendly against Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia, took place at the AIG offices in Deansgate, Manchester.

It followed last week's action when 'Judas Gill' and other slogans were daubed in red paint on chief executive David Gill's house in Bowdon, Greater Manchester. There have been warnings of more attacks to come.

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Speaking in Saudi Arabia, Gill reacted with anger to the attacks. "I wouldn't say I was shaken, but you do think about your family, and it isn't nice," he said. "I've been clear all along that there will always be people who are opposed to the takeover of the club.

"They will never change, they have been consistent in their views and concerns and will continue to express them, but it's a question of how they express them. There is way of doing things in the right manner without resorting to criminality."

AIG upset some United fans by placing its logo on a large banner of the Busby Babes that has been erected outside Old Trafford to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster on February 6.

Supporters' groups have targeted Gill for initially opposing the attempt by Malcolm Glazer and his family to take over the club but then aligning himself with the Americans when it became obvious they had the financial muscle to move into power. He has subsequently criticised the protesters he once supported.

"I don't think anyone could assume all this had gone away because if you were interviewing these people today they would be as adamant now, and as clear in their views, as they were back then," Gill said. "They will always have their views and be very dogmatic about it."

The police are investigating the attack on Gill's property. "You just get on with it," he added. "It is what it is. You get on with your life. It's not nice for the family. It's not dignified, but it is what it is, we have cleared it up and moved on."