Community leaders, unions and churches are backing a call for the club to increase the pay of workers employed by contractors, such as waitresses and cleaners.
The club said it pays permanent employees the Voluntary Living Wage, which is higher than the statutory national figure.
Manchester Citizens will hand in a letter on Thursday to the club, urging it to take a “community-first business approach” to ensure the cost of living is met for low-paid workers.
The group, part of the Citizens UK charity, said if new signing Alexis Sanchez is paid £400,000 a week, as some have reported, it will take him just 82 minutes in a game to earn the annual salary of a low-paid stadium worker.
Sanchez’s pay, and millions reportedly given to his agent, reveals a “grotesque tale of two halves”, with some staff on £7 an hour, said the group.
Group chairman the Reverend Ian Rutherford, City Centre Minister at Methodist Central Hall, Manchester, said: “As the winter transfer window closes many workers at Old Trafford will be choosing between putting the heating on or a hot meal.
“We’ve heard many stories about the real cost of life on low pay for workers at Old Trafford, many of whom are employed directly and struggling to live with dignity.
“We are calling on Manchester United, which already makes such a positive contribution to the UK economy, to show leadership by recognising the…
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