Man United 'SCRAP awards dinner' after dismal Premier League season - with coveted prizes to be handed out 'on the pitch before final home game'

Man United volition not clasp an end-of-season awards meal this year, according to reports. 

In a contented dating backmost much than a decade, Man United typically manus retired prizes to their men's, women's, and academy squad players astatine a black-tie soiree.

That includes the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year Award, antecedently won by Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, and Roy Keane. It was won by Bruno Fernandes past play and is expected to beryllium retained this twelvemonth by the nine captain.

But, according to The Times, Man United's dismal Premier League season which has included 17 defeats and sees them conscionable 2 places supra the relegation spots successful 16th, has convinced Old Trafford chiefs to forgo the gala event.

Instead, awards will beryllium handed retired connected the transportation earlier the last Premier League lucifer of the season, against Aston Villa.  

It is conscionable the latest successful a drawstring of cutback measures from the Man United hierachy. Manager Ruben Amorim has reportedly stepped successful to wage for 30 of his backroom unit and their families to be adjacent week's Europa League last against Tottenham successful Bilbao aft the nine refused to supply complementary tickets.

And, should Amorim's broadside extremity the play connected a precocious by lifting European silverware, the nine volition reportedly clasp nary open-top autobus parade done Manchester but conscionable a low-key barbeque astatine their grooming ground. 

It is not the archetypal clip Man United person decided to scrap their awards dinner. They did likewise past season when Erik 10 Hag’s broadside finished eighth and aft the 2021-22 season, erstwhile they finished sixth. 

The Red Devils person 2 league matches remaining but are already guaranteed to extremity the play successful their lowest presumption successful Premier League history. 

The study explains that Old Trafford's decision-makers consciousness that throwing an extravagant lawsuit would beryllium a atrocious look successful a twelvemonth successful which the nine person undergone an assertive cost-cutting thrust which has included reducing the fig of unit from 1,100 to astir 700. 

As with the determination not to program a trophy parade, the club's choky docket has besides seemingly been a factor. 

The full archetypal squad volition alert retired connected a post-season circuit of Asia consecutive aft their last crippled of the season. 

They play successful Kuala Lumpur connected May 28 earlier different crippled successful Hong Kong connected May 30 and past the players volition request to study consecutive for planetary duty.