The Chief Executive Omar Berrada from Manchester United gave news about more job losses to club staff in the last line of cost -saving measures by the Premier League Giants on Monday.
The club confirmed that 200 jobs could be lost as part of the last wild cost savings by minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos.
In a statement that confirmed the cutbacks, Man United claimed that the move was part of a transforming plan to 'improve the financial sustainability of the club and to improve operational efficiency'.
It is claimed that the last cutbacks will help the club return to profitability after five consecutive years of losses since 2019, so that the club can invest in both men's and women's teams.
The Stark Nature Scale of the cutbacks under the supervision of Ratcliffe and Ineos was made clear by the staff who are informed that they will no longer benefit from free lunches from the canteen. Instead, they will offer fruit from next week.
In the midst of the newest piece of cutbacks, Mail Sport takes in more detail on how cost -saving measures at Man United Staff, former players and managers and the supporters of the club have influenced.
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Mail Sport revealed last July that Man United made nearly a quarter of the workforce superfluous, with the club getting 250 of its 1,100 employees.
The dismissals followed a large -scale cost review that had to be made in all departments.
It was claimed that personnel costs had risen to unacceptable levels, where United was seen as a bloated structure.
From June 2023, the Red Devils had 1,112 employees – the highest in the Premier League – compared to their rivals Liverpool with around 1,005 employees, Chelsea 788, Tottenham 719, Arsenal 649 and Manchester City 520 around the same time.
While the first cutbacks are expected to save the club up to £ 45 million a year, Man United confirmed a new wave of dismissals on Monday.
Confirmation of further job reductions, in which the staff are expected to learn their fate in April, that Man United will have agreed almost a third of his workforce with 450 people who leave the Premier League giants.
Chief Executive Berrada, who apologized for spreading even more gloom in informing staff, explained that other top clubs had been considerably more successful than united with a smaller workforce.
United also confirmed reports that staff will no longer enjoy free lunches in the canteen at Old Trafford and, instead, fruit is offered-a movement that saves £ 1 million a year.
Catering schemes will remain the same in Carrington for the rest of this season, but then turn into a 'differentiated offer between staff and players'.
The Ineos regime had hired IRE last year after it was announced that the Christmas party of Man United had been canceled – where the club claimed that it would have been inappropriate after a year of fired.
United had previously held Christmas parties for their staff – including the London office – in a marquis in the west parking space in the stadium, in Old Trafford Cricket Ground and Victoria Warehouse.
The move – which an estimated the club had saved £ 250,000 – came when Christmas bonuses were cut. The Glazer family had introduced an annual Christmas bonus of £ 100, but Ineos have since replaced it with a voucher of £ 40 M&S, which saves around £ 50,000.
Cutbacks were also made on match days with desk staff at the start of the season and saw their lunch boxes demolished. Some claimed that their lunch boxes, including a sandwich, grain bar, bag with chips and soft drinks, were replaced by leftovers of the food supplied to business gamblers.
Man United had denied the claim, but stated that their assessment had identified problems with the lunch boxes and said that much of the food was not eaten and therefore wasted.
The club has also exhibited bonuses for stewards at Old Trafford, including a £ 100 presence bonus and £ 50 to 'Steward of the Week'. The latter was replaced by a paper certificate to recognize their work. Large numbers of club stewards were also replaced by desk staff.
Business guests also saw cuts. Traditionally, every guest had been provided in private boxes on competition days, but at the start of the season it was revealed that only five were handed out for boxes of 10 when the club identified waste after finding some in bins after the game.
Mail Sport reported last week that some cutbacks had received less pushback, with the use of private drivers and corporate credit cards were among the first targeted areas.
Even the FA Cup triumph from Man United – the undoubtedly the highlight of the year of Ineos in the club – was in the midst of dismaying staff about the tiders of benefits.
The staff were told that they would have to pay for transport in a break of an inheritance of the era of Sir Matt Busby and a family ethos promoted in the club, an estimated £ 18,000 savings.
This also included scrapping benefits for senior staff, such as a pre-match party, lunch after the competition, and hotel accommodation and the possibility for those employees and directors to bring their friends and family.
Club captain Bruno Fernandes was reportedly relieved by the move and offered to cover the costs, but his offer was rejected by the hierarchy.
Anger continued when it was informed of the cutbacks 24 hours after the staff, the other halves of the highly paid stars of United were out for lunch with the club that picked up the tab.
Partners of players continued to leave the restaurant with Harvey Nichols and Manchester United brand Goody bags, something dissatisfied staff labeled a 'kick in the teeth'.
Former players and managers
One of the most heads of austerity was the decision to deduct an ambassador's position of £ 2.16 million a year for the Legendary Manager Sir Alex Ferguson of the club.
Ferguson, who led the club to 38 trophies during his 26-year-old reign as a manager, had signed the lucrative deal to be a global ambassador after his retirement in 2013.
Because of the role, Ferguson United was represented all over the world, as well as Match-Day hospitality with the partners and sponsors of the club at Old Trafford and on promotional videos.
Ratcliffe had informed Ferguson of the decision to Bijlen in a face-to-face meeting in Old Trafford.
The meeting was said to have been friendly, with Ferguson staying as a non-executive director at the club. The end of his deal was seen as a necessary step in a time when the rest of the club felt the pressure.
Mail Sport revealed in December that Ferguson had intervened to ensure that the family of the legendary Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby kept their privileges at Old Trafford.
Busby died in 1994, but members of his family have always had free season tickets in the Sir Bobby Charlton standing next to the director's box with access to a lounge.
It is clear that the seats to another part of the stand were moved as part of a restructuring in the summer, but the Busbys lost their hospitality table and were concerned about a lack of communication from the club.
Ferguson intervened and spoke with Brarada and Chief Operating Officer Collette Roche to ensure that the family was cared for and gained access to the drivers' bar.
The decision to reduce Ferguson's deal was a sign of the coming things, in which club ambassadors were informed that their salaries will be lowered.
Legends Bryan Robson, Andy Cole and Denis Irwin will 'considerably lower' their salaries of next season. The group of matchday legends, including Gary Pallister, can earn between £ 500 and £ 1,000 per game.
Former captain Robson, one of the most popular united players of all time, carries out a large number of assignments for the club. In October he led a team of 24 on a debilitating trip to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for the Manchester United Foundation.
Irwin and Cole were also important components of the successful united teams of the 1990s and early 2000s. Cole scored 121 goals in 275 performances, while Ireland International Full-back Irwin played 368 times for the club.
In December it was revealed that the club also made an annual £ 40,000 donation to the Association or former players of Manchester United.
The not-for-profit was set up in 1985 to support former players who have not earned the huge salaries in modern times.
Fans
The cutbacks of Ratcliffe have also focused on United fans, a group that the billionaire himself claims to be part of.
In November, the club announced that the concessions for children or pensioners had canceled and had increased the costs of tickets for the home game for members to £ 66 for the rest of the season in a movement that has fueled widespread anger and protests.
The decision, which effectively meant that a parent and child would be forced to pay £ 132 per match, was taken in the middle of the season and without consulting any fang groups. According to the Manchester United supporters Trust, the club is also expected to yield less than £ 2 million in extra income.
Since then, proponents have made clear their feelings – and placed the debt exclusively at Ratcliffe's feet. United fans have regularly heard that they called the 72-year-old A ****, compare him with the much-discussed Glazer family and sing '£ 66, you take the p ***'. He was also hunted by furious supporters when he left Craven Cottage after the 1-0 victory of the club over Fulham in January.
The justification of Ratcliffe only had to increase the vitriol to him. “I don't think it's logical for a ticket in Manchester United to cost less than a ticket to see Fulham,” he told the United States that we are fanzine.
MUST had beaten in the club for providing 'Zero Consultation' during the stunning walk and claimed that they are being asked to pay for the mistakes of majority owners the Glazer family in what an 'offensive' act is. Since then they have written to Ratcliffe to encourage him to freeze the ticket prices for fear of further increases for seasonal card holders next season.
Protest group The 1958 organizes a demonstration before the match against Arsenal in Old Trafford next month on the prospect of ticket price increases and the way in which the club treats fans.
A spokesperson from 1958 said: 'We are angry, the fans are angry and it has been built for a while. We have all been more than patient.
“We all know the cause; We have always known the elephant in the room. Yet this is not being tackled. It is those who can afford it the least, have the most emotional bond with our club who is asked to pay the price in more than one way. The current owners trample about generation support and memories of friends and family. Enough is enough. '
In addition to the price increase, Ratcliffe and Ineos also have ticket collections for the European Away games from United to save money. Previously, club employees would travel to the host city to distribute tickets, but now they are sent by e -mail or as a download to the digital wallet of a fan.
The results have been enormously harmful to some of the most loyal supporters of the club and for the credit system, where fans get one credit for every competition present.
The previous system stopped fans who did not intend to travel from buying tickets to blow up or sell their credits for profit.
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