More mess at Man Utd! Why Red Devils are being sued by their own staff following major admin error

An email was sent out to 167 staff that revealed their wage slips and those of everyone else in the pool. That gave out the name, address, National Insurance number, earnings, pensions benefits and tax contributions of everyone else, The Sun reports.

The information was sent out in a single file that was received by members who work in the catering and hospitality, museum and stadium tour areas as well as programme sellers. The incident happened in March 2018 as United were trying out a new system with a “lack of managerial staff overseeing the procedure". The employees have since lodged a complaint with the High Court on data protection grounds.

A spokesman for the club said: "We take the data privacy of our employees very seriously and regret this isolated incident, which occurred in 2018. Measures were put in place to prevent it happening again and we informed the Information Commissioner’s Office, which took no further action."

The legal battle will be a headache for the high ups at Old Trafford amid another underwhelming season on the field. The Red Devils are currently sixth in the Premier League table and eight points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa.