Man Utd are reportedly only serving staff soup and sandwiches. (Image: Getty)
relentless cost cuts at have reportedly spread into the club’s training ground canteen, extremely limiting the staff menu at Carrington. The kingpin continues taking measures to save pennies in his bid to turn the club around after inheriting a financial mess last February.
Ratcliffe has discovered the full effects of United’s mounting debt overseen by the reckless Glazer regime since investing £1.5billion for a 28.9 per cent stake. He has taken action.
Over 250 employees lost their jobs in a ruthless wave of redundancies last year. Staff expect to learn of the club’s plans to axe up to 200 more of the workforce in a meeting scheduled for this afternoon.
Other measures have included raising all unsold ticket prices to £66, ending staff perks and cancelling the annual Christmas party, and cutting funding for a charity supporting ex-players.
They have also impacted the club’s players, denying United’s talented Under-18s side the chance to stage their FA Youth Cup match against at Old Trafford.
Instead, the 12,000-capacity Leigh Sports Village hosted the Red Devils’ 5-1 victory, which is said to have saved £8,000.
However, a significantly lower crowd was in attendance than there would’ve been at Old Trafford due to the stadium’s location outside of Manchester.
According to , one of Ratcliffe’s latest attempts to balance the books has involved minimalising the staff lunch menu at Carrington.
Soup and sandwiches are on the menu for staff. (Image: Getty)
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It’s claimed that the training ground canteen now only serves soup and sandwiches for all employees except first-team players.
Supporters have been left in disbelief at the report on social media. One account, @JustJosh132, reacted: “These motherf***ers are living in the days of Oliver Twist.”
@thfcalbon wrote: “Everytime I think I’ve seen the lowest of they somehow stoop even lower.”
@BobKeyez posted: “Kin hell – I’ve been defending Ineos but soup and bread? Ease up Jim ffs.”
@sherbet_01 shared: “It makes me so sad seeing how the staff are being treated. Do management not realise that it is the staff that makes the club?”
United are rotting in 15th in the Premier League, failing to win 11 of their 15 such matches since became head coach in November.
Back-to-back worst-ever Premier League campaigns now look a certainty after slumping to a record-low eight-place finish under last term.
The Red Devils are still in the hunt for silverware, though. Fulham visit Old Trafford in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday before a Europa League last-16 tie against Real Sociedad.