Team history 4th time! Manchester United canceled the end-of-season awards dinner due to poor league performance

On May 14, according to the British media Mirror, due to the poor performance of Manchester United's first team in the Premier League, the management decided to cancel the club's awards dinner at the end of the season. Traditionally, United hosted a grand dinner for men, women and youth teams at Old Trafford at the end of each season and presented awards to the best performers of the season, including the Busby Jazz Player of the Year award.

However, since Amorin's side is only 16th in the Premier League, the club decided not to host the awards dinner this time, although Manchester United will compete in the Europa League final against Tottenham next Wednesday. Manchester United's women's team ranks third in the Women's Super League and qualifies for the Champions League; the youth team ranks fifth in the Premier League 2 and the U18 team ranks second in their league.

The award ceremony is expected to be held on the court in Old Trafford instead of a dinner, before the final Premier League match against Aston Villa in the season. Captain Bruno Fernandez is an overwhelming favorite for the Player of the Year award, and he is likely to win the award for the fourth time, tying the team record.

It is worth mentioning that this is also the third time that Manchester United has canceled the planned dinner in the past four seasons. Previously, since Eric Tenhach's team ranked eighth in the Premier League last season, the club also thought it was inappropriate to hold a dinner. However, they then won the FA Cup. In the 2021-2022 season, the team ranked sixth in the Premier League with 58 points and fired Solskjaer that season, and the players also chose to cancel the dinner at the end of that season.

This season, Manchester United scored only 39 points in 36 Premier League games and lost 17 games. They will certainly hit the lowest ranking in Premier League history, with Amorin criticizing the team's roster several times since taking over Tenhah in November. The Times reported that Manchester United's minority shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliff has carried out a severe cost-cutting move this year, laying off about 400 employees, so the idea of ​​a luxury dinner was not popular internally. Manchester United will also travel to Malaysia for a post-season friendly tournament after the match against Aston Villa on May 25. They hope to earn about £8 million from matches against the Asian All-Stars and China's Hong Kong team.