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Tuesday briefing: Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Manchester United face “running out of cash” by Christmas

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11 March 2025 - 4:30 AM

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says that recent cost-cutting measures, including up to 450 total redundancies since last summer, were necessary in order to protect the club’s financial stability.

Last month, United confirmed that up to 200 roles would be made redundant at Old Trafford, following the Premier League club’s recent loss of £113.2 million loss for the 2023/24 season. But according to Ratcliffe in several interviews, the club "runs out of money

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