“I’ll resign if they implement that rule, it’s not part of our agreement”: Manchester United’s coach Ruben Amorim has vowed to resign if the club implement their new rule

Manchester United are planning a further 200 redundancies after letting go of 250 workers last year.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has made many changes at Manchester United since becoming co-owner, but few have been as controversial as his decision to dramatically cut staff numbers at the football club.

The latest announcement regarding job cuts at Old Trafford comes after five consecutive years of losses, and a year after Ratcliffe and his Ineos organisation gained control of football operations.

United described it as a “transformation plan” to allow the club to invest in men’s and women’s football success and improved infrastructure.

United fans fear this will put further strain on fan services after experiencing greater difficulty dealing with an understaffed ticketing office.

Ratcliffe hopes this will create a more solid financial platform for United moving forward.

Ruben Amorim reacts to Manchester United redundancies

It doesn’t help that 250 extra job cuts come as turmoil on the pitch continues for Ruben Amorim and his players.

United drew 2-2 with Everton and sit 15th in the Premier League. It has been a disastrous campaign but Amorim will be keen to improve results for the remainder of the season.

After clinching a point at Goodison Park, United are back in action on Wednesday night when they host Premier League newcomers Ipswich Town.

The reporters were keen to get Amorim’s thoughts on the latest redundancies ahead of the game.

Amorim said: “That is clear and we have to, of course, address all the problems in the club but one important piece of this moment is to understand how we get this situation and it has to do with a lot of with the lack of success of the football team, we are the engine.

“It’s always hard for everybody, they see their friends and teammates losing their job, again we have to focus on what I can do to help the club in this moment and we as a club have to understand what we did wrong to get to this situation.

“We have to think of solutions in this moment. It’s hard enough (to win games), we know this year was really hard for everybody and we did as a club a lot of changes and when you are doing the changes, if you have a football team that is doing well and winning games, in a certain way it’s easier for the fans to feel the changes.

“But in this moment we are in a different period inside the club and inside the pitch. We have to fight against this feeling and we are trying our best in this moment.”

Manchester United must learn from old mistakes

Ineos are having to make a lot of tough decisions as co-owners.

While it is bound to impact their reputation with United fans, it’s worth noting that the Glazers are the reason our football club is in such a dire financial situation.

Gross mismanagement from the Glazer family has led to a bloated staff force and Ineos are trying to clean up the mess.

Meanwhile, the Glazers are presumably enjoying the fact Ineos are taking flack for every decision made at the club.

Mistakes are inevitable in every business but the clock is ticking at Old Trafford to get things right.