Manchester United does not hand over free tickets for staff for the Europa League final – while Tottenham offers a free ticket for every full -time employee.
Both clubs received a allocation of approximately 15,000 for the Bilbao collision on 21 May.
United keeps a voice with a small number of tickets available to their staff. For the majority, they organize a screening in Manchester with the invitation open to Plus-Onen. Mail Sport understands that the staff member gets two free drinks, while their guests have to pay for them.
The view from United is that they prioritize supporters above the staff, with a lot of demand, and that fans would have remained disappointed if such a percentage was available to those who work for the club instead of match visitors.
Before the arrival of Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his Ineos Group, United had a workforce of approximately 1,140. Two rounds of dismissals have since been followed, because Ratcliffe is trying to save costs and divert the turnover to strengthen the play team. Although the process is underway, around 450 job losses are expected. Other areas are also focused on savings, including canceling the Christmas party. The drink policy for the Europa League final is in accordance with that model. The situation about tickets, reported for the first time by Centredevils, has caused anger among some.
Spurs have been given a clearly different approach. Every full -time employee is entitled to one free ticket. It is thought that that offer went to around 700 employees. It is still to be seen how much they will record, with the costs of traveling to the Basque city and the accommodation that thousands of pounds come across.
Now that the process is underway, it is currently assuming that United employs around 900 employees.
A united source said that the 'overwhelming priority maximizes the number of tickets for fans'.
While he benefited from considerably higher allocations, United paid for flights, accommodation and food for staff for the last three Champions League finals in which the club appeared.
For the Europa League final of 2017, a allocation of only 10,000 led the club to plan an event in Manchester where drinks would have been free, with former Take that singer Gary Barlow to offer extra entertainment. The event was canceled after the terror attack of Manchester Arena.
For the 2021 Europa League final in Gdansk, United and Villareal each received only 2,000 tickets.
Elsewhere, Paris Saint-Germain has to pay for tickets and travel for all 600 employees to their Champions League final with Inter Milan in Munich. Both parties received around 19,000 tickets for the competition.
It has also been reported that Inter Milan offers free tickets for their staff.
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