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Solskjær bids to muzzle Messi as club shifts 5,500 hot dogs and 6,000 pies 

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Getty Images | "Hosting a UEFA Champions League quarter final at Old Trafford is a complex, high profile event which requires almost as much intense planning and preparation off the pitch as it does on,” United’s chief operating officer Collette Roche tells OffThePitch.com.

Almost 3,000 United staff are on duty for the Champions League quarter-final game against Barcelona.

Among the challenges, club chiefs reacted swiftly to Barca's sky-high ticket prices which were deemed outrageous by Red Devils fans.

Nearly one fifth of the club's income comes from match day revenue.

9 April 2019 - 6:39 AM

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