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Manchester United FC news: Alexis Sanchez salary 'fails Old Trafford stadium workers'

Manchester United are being accused of 'turning a blind eye' to their low-level stadium staff by paying Alexis Sanchez £400,000-per-week.

Charity Citizens UK says it will take the Chilean 82 minutes of his potential home debut against Huddersfield this Saturday to earn the annual salary of a low-paid stadium worker: £14,625.

The organisation insists Sanchez's contract reveals 'a grotesque tale of two halves with many low-paid staff struggling to make ends meet'.

Former Old Trafford steward Furqan Naeem, 31, told talkSPORT: "For a football club the size of Mancheter United it is a scandal that those on the lowest wages do not get paid the living wage.