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Manchester United have cut 50 members of staff from their tour party to America in a move that could save the club around £500,000.When United visited the USA a year ago, they took a support team of 150 including those working for the club website and other departments.This summer, the figure has been slashed by a third to 100 in an effort to reduce costs. United pay approximately £10,000 for each member of staff to be on tour for the duration of the 17-day trip. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Jesse Lingard shows off his latest gold chains depicting his… Manchester United unveil their most expensive home kit ever… ‘Unjustified!’ Manchester United target Toby Alderweireld… Manchester United hold first session in California as Jose… Share this article Share It’s understood that some of them were only told last week that they would not be travelling to the US this year. MAN UTD PRE-SEASON July 20: Club America (Phoenix Stadium, Arizona) 3amJuly 23: San Jose Earthquakes, Levi’s Stadium, California) MidnightJuly 26: AC Milan (International Champions Cup – Pasadena Rose Bowl, California) 4am July 28: Liverpool (International Champions Cup – Michigan Stadium, Michigan) 10pmAugust 1: Real Madrid (International Champions Cup – Hard Rock Stadium, Florida) 1amAugust 5: Bayern Munich (Allianz Arena) 7.15pm *All dates and times BST Despite revamping the club website recently, staff supplying content to it in America has been cut to a bare minimum. There are also fewer club ‘legends’ joining the tour this year.United are keeping an eye on costs despite earning a significant appearance fee by the International Champions Cup organisers for their three fixtures against AC Milan in LA, Liverpool in Michigan and Real Madrid in Miami.Jose Mourinho’s side kick off their tour with two games against MLS teams, Club America in Phoenix and San Jose Earthquakes in Santa Clara.However, the United players and staff selected for the tour are once again staying in Beverly Hills as the squad trains at UCLA, a base Mourinho has favoured for many years as coach of Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid.United, who touched down in California on Sunday, will continue to work out at the university complex this week before flying to Phoenix on the day of their first game to face Club America. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Jesse Lingard shows off his latest gold chains depicting his… Manchester United unveil their most expensive home kit ever… ‘Unjustified!’ Manchester United target Toby Alderweireld… Manchester United hold first session in California as Jose… Share this article Share
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