Man Utd flops to cancel end of season awards night for THIRD straight year

EXCLUSIVE: Man Utd flops to cancel end of season awards night for THIRD straight year

Manchester United's humiliated players to cancel end-of-season awards night for third time on the spin - because they feel they don't deserve one

Manchester United's embarrassed flops are expected to cancel their end of season awards night if the team fails to secure Champions League qualification.

The fallen giants are bang in the middle of one of the worst campaigns in the club's history. Sunday's shocking FA Cup exit to Brighton means the managerless side have no chance of winning silverware at the earliest stage of a campaign since World War II.

United got knocked out of the Carabao Cup by League Two minnows Grimsby. It is the first time the English giants have crashed out of both domestic cup competitions in their first tie since 1982.

United are not in Europe and trail Premier League leaders Arsenal by 17 points. It looks like the only achievement capable of rescuing something from another dismal campaign would be to secure a top four finish.

But if United don't secure a return to the Champions League, the squad will discuss the merits of calling off the end-of-season dinner.

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And even if they do, it is still expected not to take place. It would be the third season in succession this has happened.

United's players decided not to hold the 2024 end of year players' awards night, despite winning the FA Cup, when the team finished eighth in the table. And the same thing happened last season, when United finished a woeful 15th in the table.

The awards night involves prizes for players from across the men's, women's and youth teams. But if the men's team decide not to stage the event, it will not take place.

Caretaker boss Darren Fletcher was unable to provide an immediate bounce following the sacking of Ruben Amorim and admitted that the players struggled to adapt from their previous boss.

He said: “Confidence and potentially being used to playing a certain style and formation - that’s difficult to adapt from. But as I said, they’ve just got to come together. The biggest thing for me is that the group, the players, whoever leads them comes together.

"It’s only them in the situation, it’s only them that can do something about it, build the confidence through grinding out maybe some results. You want to play nice football but you’ve got to find a way to win first and, once you do that, hard work, attitude, application. It might not be pretty at times but from there you can grow and build and then fast, exciting football can come.”

Michael Carrick is expected to be the club's interim manager for the remainder of the season. He spoke with United bosses over the weekend - as did former boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - and could be announced before this weekend's derby against City.

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