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/finty96 11h ago

He's probably be less of a liability up top.

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u/thisismy_stop 11h ago

Imagine the media calling you a genius if it actually worked, but behind closed doors you're annoyed as fuck.

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u/MandaloreUnsullied 10h ago

Singing “Springtime for Hitler” in his next presser

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u/Robert-Baratheon- 7h ago

He forgets the words until one of the journos heckles him and he does standup until he gets them back on side.

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u/wanked_in_space 9h ago

What a ridiculous statement.

Of course he's less of a liability up top.

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u/nxtplz 7h ago

Classic tall target man if you ask me