After the employees, Manchester United players UEFA Cup final benefits were also cut

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For Manchester United today, participating in the UEFA Cup final is an absolute major event, but at the same time, the club can provide less and less benefits. Manchester United has previously confirmed that it would cut the benefits of "employees' free viewing" and will not provide free final tickets to about 900 full-time club employees, but will instead draw a small number of tickets and arrange local viewing parties in Manchester. Even players are not spared now. According to several British media, the free "family and friends tickets" that first-team players and coaching team members can get will be limited to two.

Of course, if you are willing to pay for tickets out of your own pocket and arrange accommodation for your relatives and friends, then players may still have some "discounts" compared to ordinary fans: they can apply for up to 10 more tickets. As for why the club made such a decision, the explanation is similar to the reason for canceling the benefits of ordinary employees before, "there are more votes to Manchester United fans." The final was held at the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao, Spain, with a capacity of only 53,000, while Manchester United and Tottenham each received 15,000 tickets. Compared with Manchester United's more than 50,000 season ticket owners, this number does seem to be a little less.

However, since Ratcliff took over, Manchester United has made a lot of "cost reduction" operations, the outside world really has to think about the direction of "Manchester United is stinging again". In addition to the reduction in internal tickets for the finals, if the Europa League wins, the club will not have plans to celebrate the parade - the current arrangement is to hold an internal celebratory barbecue banquet at the Carrington Training Base.

Manchester United's opponent Tottenham Hotspur has not announced their championship celebrations, but it is basically certain that the team will not give up the opportunity to show the trophy - the last time they won the championship was the 2008 League Cup.

However, there is no big celebration arrangement, and it may not be because Manchester United wants to save money. When Mourinho led the team to win the UEFA Cup in 2017, Manchester United had never held a championship parade. The situation this year is that the schedule is already very full: the UEFA Cup final is scheduled between the penultimate round and the last round of the Premier League; after the Premier League, the Red Devils will still rush to the Far East and play two friendly matches in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong; after that, international players from various countries will have to report to the national team immediately, and there will be a World Cup qualifier or UEFA League match mission in early June.