The campaign - in the colours of the Premier League club's forerunners Newton Heath - is certainly eye-catching.
It reached a new level when David Beckham donned a green and gold scarf as he left the pitch after United beat his visiting AC Milan team 4-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday.
A drowning man will clutch at any straw but are the so-called 'Red Knights' the answer?
"If you've come here looking for answers, or expect me to tell you what to do, then I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place," read a long, sometimes emotional, editorial in the club's independent fanzine "Red News" this week.
Desperate to escape the Glazers but wary of jumping into bed with a new set of suited financiers, the 23-year-old magazine's editorial line was one of confused fear - "Who are these people, what are their plans, is it a pipe dream?
"What makes us so sure they would create this Utopian United many Reds seek and not exploit any desperation we have to get rid of the Glazers just to create an alternative ownership model that is not ideal, just not as bad?"
"If I give up my season ticket, the most important thing in my life, and nothing changes I'd feel betrayed and devastated," wrote one fan.
"I've supported United for 40 years through thick and thin, why should I punish myself because of something these absent Americans have done?", wrote another.
On the streets of Manchester, among United fans at least, the seemingly unanimous view is that nobody understands how one of the world's richest clubs can almost overnight become more than 700 million pounds in debt.
"The whole thing should never have been allowed to happen," said newspaper vendor and 'lifelong fan' Stan Rooney - no relation to the club's prolific striker Wayne.
"They're killing this
