内容摘要："Owner Shahid Khan has backed the club extensively in the past and, with manager Marco Silva keen to attract new players, a £100-150m further player investment is possible," added Maguire.

"Owner Shahid Khan has backed the club extensively in the past and, with manager Marco Silva keen to attract new players, a £100-150m further player investment is possible," added Maguire.

Mr Williams enlisted in the navy aged 18 in 1952, eventually becoming a Chief Petty Officer. He served many years overseas, including on aircraft carriers in the far east.However, as the UK armed forces looked to reduce numbers, he was offered redundancy under a navy programme known as DCI 1187/68.

The navy agreed to add time to his service record so that he received a military pension in addition to the state pension.But crucially, Mr Williams says he was not given a say in when he left the armed forces, and rather was told he would leave the navy on 28 November 1970.Others who applied at the same time were given a discharge date in 1972.

"You're told when you're going. [Your discharge date] was not disclosed until some time later. There was nothing I could do about it," Mr Williams said.Mr Williams and his wife Wendy believe about 400 men were discharged in the same 'first wave' as him, with about 2,600 going in the 'second wave' in 1972, receiving a substantially improved pension.

Mrs Williams said: "What did this 400 do that was so wrong they had to be discriminated against financially?"

She added that the extra money would have made a "vast difference" to their lives.She can now get only six or seven and is having to skip snacks.

The 64-year-old said the shortage had profoundly affected her mental health.She told the BBC: "Each day I'm trying to balance: what shall I eat, shall I have a more substantial meal, shall I take my supplements and that creates an extra layer of stress and worry whilst I'm trying to put my life together again after having this diagnosis."

Alfie Bailey-Bearfield of Pancreatic Cancer UK said the charity had been raising concerns with the government and suppliers for more than a year and it was vital that officials intervened to try to boost supply."Thousands of people affected by pancreatic cancer rely on taking Pert tablets every time they eat simply to digest their food and absorb nutrients – something most of us take for granted," he said.