Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is considering further redundancies at the club. Senior sources confirmed the club are looking at further cost-cutting options with United losing almost £300m over the past three years,

The announcement by cost-cutting champion Sir Jim Ratcliffe of further jobs to go, rumoured to be at least 100 – possibly double that on top of the 250 already axed – suggests that someone in the Ineos economic department might not have O’Level Maths.