Manchester United are set to tell 200 staff members if they have lost their jobs following Wednesday’s damaging Europa League final 1 – 0 defeat to Spurs.
200 staff members are at risk of redundancy and will be informed of their fate this week, ‘The Daily Mail’ and ‘The Telegraph’ report.
United have already taken steps in recent years to reduce their number of scouts, but the existing global network of 80 will be further reduced.
It emerged earlier this month that United’s long-serving employee, Marie Marron, was told she was at risk of redundancy. Marron has been at United for 47 years, initially serving as personal assistant to the then club secretary, Ken Merrett, before becoming a central figure in first-team logistics and a key liaison with UEFA, the Premier League, and the Football Association.
The club’s finances were already under scrutiny before the final, as co-owner Jim Ratcliffe has implemented swingeing cuts since buying a minority stake just over a year ago. Ratcliffe claimed in March that Man United would have “run out of money at Christmas” without that action.
Failure to qualify for the Champions League and United’s dire performance in the Premier League are anticipated to cost the club more than £150 million in prize money, broadcast income, gate receipts, and penalty payments.