Jose Mourinho banned from serving Christmas dinner at Manchester United training ground
Chef Mike Donnelly has banned Mourinho from his kitchen and insisted his team will serve the players and staff
JOSE MOURINHO has been hit with another ban - after being told he cannot serve his players their traditional Christmas lunch.
The Manchester United squad and staff will sit down on Friday for their festive turkey with all the trimmings at the Carrington training base.
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But in a break of traditional, the Portuguese manager and his coaching staff have been told they cannot serve the food.
In previous years, Sir Alex Ferguson and Louis Van Gaal have served up the roast potatoes and brussel sprouts.
But this year, head chef Mike Donnelly has banned Mourinho from his kitchen and insisted his team will serve all the players and staff.
A United insider said: “The United Christmas lunch used to be one of the highlights of the year, with the players enjoying being served by the people who usually bark the orders at them.
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“But this year the head chef has took matters into his own hands and told the manager and his team that they won’t be serving the food.
“The problem is when the management do it, they pile the plates high and loads of food ends up wasted in the bin.
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“When you’re cooking for 200-odd people, that’s a lot of time, effort and money going straight into the bin.”
Jose is already offside with some United employees after moving training on Christmas Day to 6pm at Old Trafford – meaning around an extra 70 staff needing to be on call that day.