A magician was performing the sawing in half trick

He scouted the audience for a volunteer and picked out a young man in the front row. His glamorous assistant helped the man into the box and with a flourish produced the blade for the magician to insert into the box. To add a little bit of suspense to the trick the magician struck up a conversation with his participant: “So what football team do you support?” He asks “Man United” the man replies