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Manchester United's embattled CEO Richard Arnold has met up with the club's former chief executive David Gill for a spot of lunch following what has been a nightmare week for the 51-year-old.
The pair were pictured at Italian restaurant Cibo in Hale Village, Cheshire on Tuesday with Arnold likely using Gill as a sounding board, days after he was secretly filmed having a forthright conversation with United fans in a pub.
Footage of the discussion, in which Arnold criticised the transfer policy of his predecessor Ed Woodward and admits the club 'f***ing burned through cash', emerged over the weekend.
Man United CEO Richard Arnold (left) has met the club's former chief executive David Gill (right) for a spot of lunch on Tuesday in Cheshire
Gill (left) and Arnold (right) are pictured leaving the Italian restaurant Cibo in Hale Village
The lunch meeting comes days after Arnold was secretly filmed by a group of United fans he spoke with in a Cheshire pub - with the candid discussion leaking out into the public domain
The United supremo also pleaded with fans to stop the protests that ruined the mood at Old Trafford towards the end of the season.
Arnold said the last 12 months had been a 'f***ing nightmare' and that England players returned to the club after their defeat in last summer's Euro 2020 final with their confidence 'shot'.
Arnold admitted to them that the situation was bleak but assured them he was working hard to rectify it.
United were left disappointed that footage of the frank conversation, filmed by the fans present, went viral on social media after Arnold asked them not to video the chat.
And now it appears that Arnold could be seeking the advice of Gill, who spent 10 years as CEO after joining the club in 1997, over the situation and the upcoming season.
Gill spent 10 years as CEO at United after joining the club in 1997, and oversaw Sir Alex Ferguson win nine Premier
