MANCHESTER UNITED will face an eye-watering £12MILLION bill if they sack Ruben Amorim this summer.
The Red Devils’ head coach is understood to have a watertight clause in his contract — meaning he gets the remainder of his 2½-year deal paid up if he is ever axed.
Ruben Amorim’s pay-off would be huge if he’s axed at the end of the season[/caption]
Sir Jim Ratcliffe could face a £20m hit if Amorim and backroom staff are sacked[/caption]
There is no suggestion under-fire part-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has any plans to dump the Portuguese, who only joined the club in November after Erik ten Hag was sacked.
And that is despite a shocking run of eight defeats and just four wins in his 15 Prem games.
But if things deteriorated further for a team Amorim labelled “the worst” in United history, he would walk away with whatever is left on his £6m-per-year agreement.
The same financial security is understood to apply to all the backroom staff he brought with him when he left Sporting.
And that would see the total cost of the P45s for Amorim and his coaches hit a whopping £20m.
Last week, accounts until the end of 2024 showed United owe a huge £1billion, including £300m to clubs for transfer fees they are paying on drip.
Amorim, 40, whose 15th-placed side host struggling Ipswich at Old Trafford tonight, said: “When you start a season it’s completely different.
“In pre-season you have time to change things. That was my choice. I knew it would be tough.”
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Ironically, revelations over Amorim’s contract come amid claims rival clubs are looking to buy United’s sell-on clauses for ex-Red Devils.
Such clauses have been popular with Old Trafford chiefs when offloading players in recent.
Scott McTominay, Mason Greenwood, Facundo Pellistri and Hannibal Mejbri are amongst stars with potentially lucrative fees to be paid if they are sold on.
United could pick up a much-needed financial boost if they do sell some of these clauses.
Red Devils’ minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is already set to axe 200 jobs more around the club, on top of 250 staff being made redundant last summer.
Man Utd might consider letting other clubs buy their sell-on clauses for some ex-players, which might include Marseille’s Mason Greenwood[/caption]
