Manchester United has decided to recall their end of the season prizes for the third time in four years after the poor performance of the men's team
Manchester United has canceled the end of the club's season prizes after the gloomy performance of the men's team.
Traditionally, United keeps a huge gala dinner in Old Trafford for the men's, women's and youth teams at the end of each campaign, with prizes awarded to the best artists of the season, including the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year Gong.
But with the flops of Ruben Amorim in 16th place in the Premier League, it was decided that an Awards evening is not suitable this time, despite the fact that United was participating in the Europa League final against Tottenham next Wednesday.
The women of United finished third in the WSL and qualified for the Champions League, while United's Youngsters finished fifth in Premier League 2 and their younger than 18s finished second in their competition.
Instead of dinner, the prizes are expected to be awarded on the old Trafford field prior to the last Premier League match of the club of the season at Aston Villa.
Skipper Bruno Fernandes is the overwhelming favorite for the Player of the Year Award, which he could win for a fourth time.
It is the third time in the last four seasons that a planned dinner was canceled, with United also feeling that it was not appropriate to hold on after Erik ten Hag's side ended eighth in the competition last season. However, they then won the FA Cup.
The players also chose to cancel the dinner at the end of the 2021-22 season, when they finished sixth with 58 points in a campaign in which Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was fired.
This season United has only 39 points of their 36 Premier League matches with 17 defeats. They will be guaranteed to end in their lowest position in the Premier League history, in which Amorim repeatedly criticized his team since he arrived as the replacement of Ten Hag in November.
A report from De Times also states that the idea of ​​a lush dinner would not go well internally after the United Minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe started this year on a ruthless cost-saving drive, which reduced the number of staff by around 400.
United also goes to Malaysia for a friendly tour after the season immediately after the Villa match on 25 May.
They hope to bank about £ 8 million against matches against an Asian All-Star XI and a Hong Kong XI.