Manchester United confirmed plans to axe up to 200 more jobs yesterday in another round of cuts that include replacing free lunches for staff at Old Trafford with fruit.
The latest measures under minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe will take the total number of job losses to 450 — more than a third of the workforce — since Ineos began running football operations at United.
Staff were given the bad news by chief executive Omar Berrada in a meeting at Old Trafford yesterday afternoon and told that they will learn their fate by April.
Berrada said: ‘We have a responsibility to put Manchester United in the strongest position to win across our men’s, women’s and academy teams.