Teddy Sheringham blasts Jim Ratcliffe, Manchester United for latest job cuts: 'Football is not like any other business'
Teddy Sheringham does not agree with the latest round of job cuts that are reportedly on the table at Manchester United.
It has been widely reported that Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his football operations staff at Man United are preparing to slash more than 100 jobs at the club, which comes after 250 employees were made redundant in 2024.
Ratcliffe is said to believe that the further cuts are necessary to keep the club afloat after he reportedly injected 241m into the club in order to ease immediate financial pressures.
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However, Sheringham has taken the latest cost-cutting measures to task, slamming Ratcliffe and the rest of the ownership group for approaching the football club as a regular business.
Sheringham, who won several major trophies with the Red Devils as a striker at the turn of the century, stressed that those in line to lose their jobs are "important" and give the club a welcoming feeling.
"All those people that he's made the cuts on, they’re all important kinds of people, most of them, lots of them are on minimum wage," Sheringham told finaria.it.
"It's all those people around the club that make the club feel homely, all those little members of staff that don't get a lot of money but they're around that love the club, that make people feel welcome when they come into the club.
"All those players, all those wives and girlfriends or families that come into the football club, these people serve them and they've all been discarded.
"Football is not like any other business. You need those people around the football club.
"I’m not really sure what you’re gaining by doing it to be honest, especially when you consider the money the club makes or what certain players are getting on a weekly basis."
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