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

Manchester United great Alex Ferguson will step down from his lucrative role as club ambassador at the end of the season, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.

Sir Alex Ferguson will no longer serve as an ambassador for Manchester United after the role was scrapped by INEOS, the club's minority investors, as part of a widespread cost-cutting campaign. INEOS co-founder and CEO Sir Jim Ratcliffe reportedly told Ferguson of the decision during an in-person meeting at Old Trafford,