Man United defender Jonny Evans admits it is 'difficult to see' staff leaving and reveals players have been talking about changes at the club - with Ineos set to axe up to 250 jobs amid cost-cutting at Old Trafford Man United are set to make up to 250 employees redundant this summer The dramatic move comes amid co-owners Ineos looking to cut costs Jonny Evans has revealed his sadness at seeing staff losing their jobs By Chris Wheeler Published: 05:00 EDT, 28 July 2024 | Updated: 05:00 EDT, 28 July 2024 e-mail View comments Jonny Evans admits it has been hard for Manchester United ’s players to see staff losing their jobs as part of the cost cutting by co-owners Ineos. Up to 250 employees will be made redundant and many learned that they are at risk in a series of meetings the day before the squad left for a pre-season tour of the US last Wednesday. Others who were due to travel on the trip were stood down a week earlier.
Evans has a long association with United having spent 18 years at the club after joining when he was nine, and then returned to Old Trafford last summer aged 35. His father Jackie was an academy coach at United, his brother Corry came through the youth ranks, and he met his wife Helen after she began working for the club’s in-house station MUTV 14 years ago. So the veteran Northern Ireland defender can empathise with the issues many staff are facing at the moment, and said that his teammates have been talking about it during the club’s camp in Los Angel.