Manchester United are unlikely to take taxpayers' money to fund the wages of non-playing staff.
Liverpool and Tottenham have come under fire for using the Government furloughing scheme, which sees 80 per cent of salaries paid up to £2,500 per month from the public purse in a bid to keep workers employed amid the coronavirus crisis.
United have declined to comment, but Sportsmail can reveal they are set to tell around 900 non-playing staff they will be kept on by the club on full pay with no request for Government cash.