The Athletic reports that Manchester United’s board have rejected Bruno Fernandes’ request to pay for his staff to attend last season’s FA Cup final.

    Erik ten Hag’s ‘Red Devils’ beat Manchester City 2-1 with goals from Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Menu.

    However, the pre-match preparations were also the same period when the Eneos group led by Sir Jim Ratcliffe took over the club and cut costs, including cutting several employee benefits.

    For previous finals, United staff were give multiple tickets for friends and family. Including food and accommodation and travel to the stadium. But this has scrappe and staff and directors are now all given a single ticket, plus they have to pay for their own coach transport (£20 return) to Wembley.

    According to The Athletic, Bruno was “shocked” by the ufabet https://ufabet999.app club’s cost-cutting measures ahead of the final and offer to pay the staff themselves. But United’s board reportedly refused to let him do so.

According to The Athletic, Fernandes is ‘take aback’ by United’s cost-cutting measure for the final and offered to pay for the staff benefits out of his own pocket.

But the report claims that United’s board rejected Fernandes’ proposal.

For previous finals, United staff were give multiple tickets for friends and family. Including food and accommodation and travel to the stadium. But this has been scrap and staff and directors are now all given a single ticket, plus they have to pay for their own coach transport (£20 return) to Wembley.