When cost cutting reaches the point where you’re cutting the man who invented the modern Man Utd, you have to ask if it is really worth it

Sir Alex Ferguson is the most recent victim of Ineos’s cost-cutting drive at Manchester United, with the legendary manager informed his multi-million pound club ambassador contract has been cut. Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos,

In skipping Saturday's showdown with the Bees, Ferguson is missing a vital game for under-fire manager Erik ten Hag. The Dutchman was on the brink of the sack going into the international break, but club chiefs have opted to give him more time in the hotseat.