Manchester United Plans to Cut 250 Jobs

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Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester United v Luton Town - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - November 11, 2023 General view of the corner flag inside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
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Manchester United Plans to Cut 250 Jobs

Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester United v Luton Town - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - November 11, 2023 General view of the corner flag inside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester United v Luton Town - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - November 11, 2023 General view of the corner flag inside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

Manchester United is proposing to cut about 250 jobs as part of a club-wide redundancy programme, a source close to the company told Reuters.

The job cuts would include all departments and levels of the club, except for its charitable arm Manchester United Foundation, according to the source.

The job cuts, first reported by the Daily Mail, would represent about 22% of its workforce.

The 20-times English champions, which saw its worst Premier League finish since 1990 at eighth place last season, is reviewing all aspects ahead of the 2024-25 season.

This also comes months after British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe took a 25% stake in Manchester United and took charge of their soccer operations to try to revive its fortunes on the pitch.

Manchester United had about 1,112 employees as of June last year, including players, coaches, administration staff and others.

The club, which is set to report third-quarter results on July 10, will welcome new CEO Omar Berrada, from Manchester City's parent company City Football Group, later this month.

Manchester United will play at the second-tier Europa League next season thanks to its FA Cup win, after having failed to qualify for the lucrative Champions League.



France Call up Olise again as Mbappe Rested for Nations League games

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France Call up Olise again as Mbappe Rested for Nations League games

Soccer Football - Nations League - League A - Group 2 - France v Italy - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - September 6, 2024 France's Kylian Mbappe and Michael Olise during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
Soccer Football - Nations League - League A - Group 2 - France v Italy - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - September 6, 2024 France's Kylian Mbappe and Michael Olise during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

France have again called up Michael Olise as they prepare for this month's Nations League games against Israel and Belgium without Kylian Mbappe who has been struggling with injury.

The 22-year-old English-born midfielder won his first two caps against Italy and Belgium last month and in the absence of midfielder Antoine Griezmann, who announced his retirement from international football earlier this week, the Bayern Munich player was once more picked by Didier Deschamps on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Captain Mbappe, who picked up a muscle injury last month playing for Real Madrid in LaLiga, featured for 35 minutes in the club's 1-0 Champions League loss at Lille on Wednesday, but the forward was not deemed fit enough for international duty.

"He has a problem that is not serious. I'm not here to take risks, which is why Kylian isn't on the list," Deschamps told a press conference.

Chelsea striker Christopher Nkunku was also called up 15 months after claiming his last cap in a 1-0 win against Greece.

France are second in Group A2 with three points from two games, three points behind Italy. They face Israel in Budapest on Oct. 10 and Belgium in Brussels four days later.