SIR JIM RATCLIFFE is set to close the staff canteen at Old Trafford and replace the free lunches with FRUIT, according to reports.
The billionaire United shareholder is making controversial cuts to try and reduce the club’s spending.
And in Ratcliffe’s latest move, he is poised to shut down United’s Old Trafford staff canteen, according to The Guardian.
The canteen regularly opens from 11.30am to 1.30pm and staff are allowed free hot meals, tea and coffee.
But instead, fruit will now be on offer for those working at the stadium – while casual matchday employees will continue to receive a packed lunch.
SunSport revealed how similar measures have been taken at United’s Carrington training base.
Lunch options in the Carrington canteen has been reduced to just soup and sandwiches for everybody except first-team players.
It comes after over 250 staff members were axed, with many more set to follow in the coming weeks and months.
Ratcliffe also cancelled the club’s annual Christmas party, raised ticket prices and cut funding for a charity helping former players.
Furthermore, United’s Under-18s were denied the chance to play at Old Trafford in the FA Youth Cup fifth round.
Usually, the match would have been staged at the Theatre of Dreams.
But instead it was played at the 12,000-capacity Leigh Sports Village, saving the club a total of £8,000.
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Ruben Amorim recently admitted that he is managing the “worst team in the history of Manchester United.”
The Red Devils salvaged a point at Goodison Park at the weekend after going 2-0 down against Everton.
Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte struck in the second half to draw United level.
After the match, head coach Amorim admitted he does not know how to fix the club’s current crisis.
He said: “I don’t know what I need to do to bring more consistency. If I knew, I would change it.
“We have to continue to think in the next game, everything we do in the week we have to use it in the game.
“If we do that, we are near to winning games like we did in the second half. In this moment we need to focus on day by day.
“We need to survive this season, and then to think ahead. We have so many problems.
“Then when we go to the game and let the time pass, it’s really hard. I don’t want to just say the negative part, the second half was so much better in the belief. In the end we were near to winning this game.”
