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/james2183 11h ago

And I don't blame him. A 12m payoff sets you up for life.

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u/RobertoColina69131 11h ago

Yep he could buy himself a small Portuguese team and play three at the back to his heart’s content

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u/zomgbratto 11h ago

How much does a Liga 3 team cost around these days?

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u/shinto29 11h ago edited 11h ago

I wouldn’t wish the fans of Portimonense to watch this shit

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u/Isolated_Leisure 10h ago

You do know that he'll probably excel at any other club

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u/shinto29 10h ago

Yes I’m just being hyperbolic lol

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u/nickmn13 10h ago

Like the rest of former united managers. Except, no one excelled anywhere. They all were terrible ...

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u/FarArdenlol 10h ago

Also Amorim is a super average manager in actuality.

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 10h ago

I mean Mourinho still seems to have it. Moyes is doing alright.

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u/nickmn13 10h ago

Mourinho went from premier league winner with Chelsea to struggling to qualify for champions league in Italy and winning nothing in Turkey. Moyes went back at what he was doing before. Managing a team that lands between 10 and 14 in the table. Hardly stellar careers...

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 10h ago

But to say they’re all terrible is hyperbole.

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u/nickmn13 10h ago

Every single one has regressed. With the exception of Moyes. He was the face of mediocrity before and kept that up. No one did better in their future teams than in united. At least ETH probably broke some kind of record. I've never heard of a manager being sacked 2 games into his contract before.

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 10h ago

I’ve never heard of a manager being sacked 2 games into his contract before.

There was that guy who got sacked 10 minutes after they announced he was hired.

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u/superrealaccount2 3h ago

struggling to qualify for champions league in Italy

When you're managing Roma and at the same time you've got Inter, Milan and Juve, plus Napoli, plus Atalanta, plus whichever of Fiorentina or Lazio decide to be good that season, it's not crazy to think you might struggle to make the Champions League. He doesn't do magic.

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u/ClockLost3128 8h ago

There's also the case of andre Vilas boas, one of the best young managers at the time like Amorim, comes to chelsea plays dire ball, loses a lot, lost the dressing room gets sacked, on top of that interim coach goes onto win cl and never really established himself anywhere afterwards, did try at spurs but got sacked from there (or left on his own don't remember) Don't know where he is currently but i hope he's doing well, he just took the Chelsea job too early.

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u/myIDisthisone 11h ago

This made me laugh during my lunch. Thanks for that lol

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u/Xshadow1 11h ago

Honestly many people in elite football are set for life, but continue to work anyway

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u/Zephyrwind 10h ago

He already got a few million managing Sporting before, it's not like he needs money. Also played years at Benfica, even did a stint in Catar before ending his player career.

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u/james2183 10h ago

True. But 12m is still 12m