I mean, it should literally go without saying. Even those incompetent buffoons know the deal.
Sir Alex Ferguson's ambassadorial contract has been axed
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I mean, it should literally go without saying. Even those incompetent buffoons know the deal.
? I didn’t say he was
Just seems incredibly unnecessary. Maybe they could use these savings to pay off some debt. Oh wait, they have zero intention of ever doing that.
There is no grounds to liken one to the other. We’re the cushy franchise because of him; that we have billions to piss away is because he lined the clubs coffers with it in the first place.
Not Frogie. Damn you to hell, Big Sir Jim.
Thought as much. I’ll be honest, it would be ridiculous to cut the lowest paid employees whilst retaining someone on a £2m per year pension.
Appreciate it’s SAF, but the man is a socialist at heart, which he’s made much of, and I doubt he’ll be (too) pissed off. As long as he still has the rights of Old Trafford, which he will, he isn’t going anywhere.
They shouldn’t be cutting payment.
He doesn't as far as I know. The ambassador contract on top of what he was getting for being a non executive board member was basically his thank you gift from the club and Glazers siblings.
There were claims in 2012 that he was going to profit off the IPO which was denied. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/aug/02/manchester-united-sir-alex-ferguson
People need to get a grip. SAF is probably worth nearly £100m, it’s not like he won’t be welcome at United or suddenly stop being affiliated with the club. He won’t pay for anything United related ever, in fact I doubt he pays for much at such is his profile.
Can’t be paying someone out of goodwill when you’re cutting large numbers of staff. Good move by ineos.
Can you give examples? Am genuinely interested.
And they have more than lined his, and still are with his non-Exec role. He is probably making more out of the role than this ambassador role anyway, I think you need to calm down.
He is still getting paid....
Exactly this. I get the sentiment of people losing their jobs but if you look at it in a business way, you want a lean operation. Its about getting the right levels of productivity and it seemed that we just had too many cooks.
This is what happens when as a club you are not successful, cost cutting will be looked at. They are looking to lower the costs throughout the club.
Sir Alex Ferguson has been sacked before Eric ten Hag
We’ve laid off office staff , nothing wrong with this seeing as SAF had a say in it. He wasn’t just called into the office one day and told you’re redundant.
Yeah this'll be an unpopular move with a lot of fans.
Ineos should move quickly to generate some good PR by getting another manager who's currently contributing very little to the club off the books.
They’ve got much bigger things to worry about than a couple mill a year going to the great man that made the club what it is. The optics of this are terrible, fecking sort yourselves out INEOS!
For the sake of getting upset. He still has a role at the club, he is still getting paid and he is still coming to games.
Dalglish at the scousers. Mainly players as managers staying this long isn't the norm obviously but just look at pretty much every club.
Lack of class
wasn't he paid salaries and bonuses during his time as a manager?
I mean yes he deserves respect and appreciation but 22mil payment is too much (if the 2 mil per year is true), for someone who is already very wealthy and does not need the money.
If anything the optics are good, it would be daft as feck to continue paying him large fees as a "thank you" bonus while people that don't have vast fortunes and are struggling are being laid off
I get every clubs has tonnes of ambassadors but their salaries from what it appears are basically like £100k (sir Bobby for example). It’s essentially a ceremonial or BD role.
Dalglish would be an equivalent but I can’t find his salary anywhere, but £2m seems insane.
Out of interest, do any other clubs still have previous legendary managers on the payroll?
I think it is a good thing that United honours the man which made them what they are but it's a good thing to move on. The past is the padt, you can still honour it and accept that times have changed and require different approaches and ideas to be successfull
Typical CAF 
Hundreds of people likely with families get an email one day, who probably live pay packet to pay packet, telling them they are going to be made redundant.
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meh, club needs to cut costs"
An 82 year old guy worth nearly £100M amicably agrees to end his £2M a year ambassador role during an arrange meeting, whilst still remaining as a non-Exec with the benefits and payment that brings
"wtf disgusting"
Don't get me wrong, I'd be pissed INEOS completely cut ties with him, but come on. He still has an honorable roll, he is still getting paid and he is still coming to games.
Hundreds of people likely with families get an email one day, who probably live pay packet to pay packet, telling them they are going to be made redundant.
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meh, club needs to cut costs"An 82 year old guy worth nearly £100M amicably agrees to end his £2M a year ambassador role during an arrange meeting, whilst still remaining as a non-Exec with the benefits and payment that brings
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wtf disgusting"Don't get me wrong, I'd be pissed INEOS completely cut ties with him, but come on. He still has an honorable roll, he is still getting paid and he is still coming to games.
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I find it crazy he was getting paid 2m a year almost 12 years after he retired. Absolute legend of the game but that’s just bizarre.
The optics on this are horrendous.
'Sacking' our legendary manager while a complete fraud remains in post.
'Sacking' our legendary manager while a complete fraud remains in post.
HOW DARE YOU!!! lee grant was paid 1.1m pounds a year for doing nothing and he has never even made us a treble winners!
Now we just need to find a way to sell Giggs.
It's about time they did this, in fact its well overdue.
One thing that's really bugged me about SAF since he stepped down and for me tarnished his legacy is his refusal to even utter a word about the mismanagement of the club by the Glazers. We've been through the gutter in the last decade and the biggest figure in the clubs history, a man some fans practically worship, has kept silent.
I put that down to being on the Glazers payroll and not wanting to jeopardize that income.
His words hold a lot of weight and now hes not getting paid to keep quiet, maybe he'll have a few words to say which will help push the Glazers further out.
One thing that's really bugged me about SAF since he stepped down and for me tarnished his legacy is his refusal to even utter a word about the mismanagement of the club by the Glazers. We've been through the gutter in the last decade and the biggest figure in the clubs history, a man some fans practically worship, has kept silent.
I put that down to being on the Glazers payroll and not wanting to jeopardize that income.
His words hold a lot of weight and now hes not getting paid to keep quiet, maybe he'll have a few words to say which will help push the Glazers further out.
sold to the polisIt’s not the way you run a business mate. Lee Grants entire roll was third choice keeper and probably ticking a home grown spot in the squad
SAF has been paid around 24m since he retired? come off it when there’s been hundreds of layoffs at the club he doesn’t need the money mate.
He was a shit ambassador anyway, we have gone downhill massively since he was given the job. Give it to Giggsy.
Yeah apparently he said he was fine with it... As a solitary tear rolled down his cheek.
Don't forget the pay and benefits he gets from being a non-Exec too (and still does). £24M is the bare minimum.
People get upset at many things these days.
I actually think it comes across quite distasteful and disrespectful to be honest. Yes we are paying Alex alot of money but I presume his role as an ambassador equally generates alot of money for the club too.
I find the comments about Alex having enough money rather ironic. Nevermind Alex, professional tax dodger Jim Ratcliffe has plenty of money too - at least Alex pays taxes on his income. Jim on the other hand is happy to cheerlead brexit and then move production outside of the UK all to save himself a few pennies at the expense of his employees.
If the Glazers did this people wouldn't have been so accepting of it. feck Jim Ratcliffe, he's a prick.
Didn't he only just cut a few hundred jobs a few months back at United too? As I said before just feels very distasteful and reminds me a bit of Elon Musk with twitter. No thought or care for loyal members of staff who have been here for years, all about cuts and savings for a few billionaires with more than enough money behind them.
I find the comments about Alex having enough money rather ironic. Nevermind Alex, professional tax dodger Jim Ratcliffe has plenty of money too - at least Alex pays taxes on his income. Jim on the other hand is happy to cheerlead brexit and then move production outside of the UK all to save himself a few pennies at the expense of his employees.
If the Glazers did this people wouldn't have been so accepting of it. feck Jim Ratcliffe, he's a prick.
Didn't he only just cut a few hundred jobs a few months back at United too? As I said before just feels very distasteful and reminds me a bit of Elon Musk with twitter. No thought or care for loyal members of staff who have been here for years, all about cuts and savings for a few billionaires with more than enough money behind them.