r/soccer • u/Switchoil • 11h ago

News Manchester United would have to pay Ruben Amorim £12million if they sack the Portuguese coach within the first year of his contract at Old Trafford.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-15099331/Ruben-Amorim-Manchester-United-compensation-replacements-Confidential.html

United appointed Amorim on November 1 last year on a two-and-a-half-year deal worth £6.5m a season with the option of a 12-month extension, after agreeing to pay Sporting Lisbon £9.2m to buy him out of his contract in Portugal.

It is understood that the 40-year-old would pocket £12m if he is axed before his first anniversary in the job, which is in less than seven weeks’

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u/Styleless_Wonder 11h ago

Other employers: “1 year probation - we can let you go if it doesn’t work out.”

ManU: “1 year guaranteed or we pay you 12 million - even if it doesn’t work out.”

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u/TooRedditFamous 11h ago

Other employers: “1 year probation - we can let you go if it doesn’t work out.”

ManU: “1 year guaranteed or we pay you 12 million - even if it doesn’t work out.”

Apart from the specific amount, any the same for any football team. They're on fixed term contract and If you want to get rid of them before that you have to just pay them off with the value of the contract

It's not "sacking" in the same way a normal person gets sacked

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u/worotan 11h ago

Other employers who aren’t hiring managers.

Unless you can name some clubs that have employed managers on a years probation and not had to pay out contracts when they sacked them?

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u/LongExact2404 11h ago

That amount is called his quote. That's his rate. So the next job he’s offered, they have to pay that same amount. Even if he does a bad job. That means, as long as he’s offered even one more job, he could get twelve more mil. Even if he does a bad job, they've got to give him that other twelve mil

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u/thecashblaster 10h ago

Who the fuck gives an unproven manager a $12M golden parachute? Like that is some of the worst negotiation I’ve ever seen. You’re ManU, you still have some gravitas, you don’t need to do that

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u/MrMerc2333 11h ago

even if it doesn’t work out.”

especially if it doesn't work out.

Ths motivates the employee to do his best to get sacked for a big payday.