Sir Jim Ratcliffe is set to recommend job cuts and efficiency savings at Manchester United after completing his planned purchase of 25 per cent of the club.
Mail Sport has learned that after reviewing due diligence conducted by INEOS prior to formalising their £1.25billion investment offer Ratcliffe has concluded that United are overstaffed in several areas and that some departments would benefit from restructuring.
United have by far the biggest staff of any club in the Premier League, with over 1100 employees on the payroll at Old Trafford.
That number is considerably higher than all of their Big Six rivals, with Liverpool having around 900 employees, Tottenham 750, Manchester City 720 and Arsenal 700.
United have increased their staffing levels significantly in recent years, with the headcount rising from around 800 in to 1112 this year.
Much of the increase is understood to have been down to major investment in the commercial and digital areas of the business, with some at Old Trafford privately conceding they are overstaffed in certain areas.
A strong commercial team helped United generate a then Premier League record turnover of £648.4m in October, although that was surpassed by City’s turnover of £712.8m the following month.
While City’s staffing levels are considerably lower than United’s their multi-club ownership model enables them to share many functions with other clubs and parent company City Football Group, who have 1229 employees worldwide.
As a multi-national giant generating annual turnover of over £50billion INEOS have 25,000 employees worldwide, but their sporting division has a relatively small number of staff and is renowned throughout the industry for being a lean operation.
Ratcliffe is understood to be
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