Jose to earn £1.5m Mour
MAN UNITED EVERTON
rivalry is a throwback to the seventies and eighties but this time around it’s different.
“We’re talking here of £700m when, back then, they would be lucky to spend £ 700,000 between them.
“There’s so much money sloshing around to be spent by four of the best managers you’ll see.
“But Mourinho, Guardiola, Klopp and Koeman have to give the fans what they demand – they have to put bums on seats.
“This fab four have got to buy players with flair and creativity, players with the magnetism of an Eric Cantona. At United, generations have grown up watching George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton.
“A U n i t e d team with wingers – that’s the f l air game Mourinho has to bring back to the club.” BOUGHT Eric Bailly £30m MAIN TARGETS Zlatan Ibrahimovic John Stones Paul Pogba Alvaro Morata Joao Mario JOSE MOURINHO will earn a £1.5million bonus if he leads Manchester United back into the Champions League. The new United boss (left) is on at least £10m-a-year at Old Trafford but his deal is topped up by a number of bonuses for success. And United are absolutely desperate free £45m £78m £47m £18m TOTAL £218m MAIN TARGETS Graziano Pelle £9m Georges-Kevin N’Koudou Jasper Cillessen Riechedly Bazoer Vincent Janssen PAUL HETHERINGTON TOTAL £53m to return to the top table in Europe, namely the money-spinning Champions League.
Louis van Gaal lost his job for failing to qualify for the competition, despite dramatically winning the FA Cup in extra-time against Crystal Palace last month.
And although there were £10m £12m £24m £8m misgivings from some members of the board, Mourinho has been brought in mainly to take United back to Europe’s premier competition.
Next season they will have to settle for the Europa League after only finishing fifth.
It is understood, too, that United lose money on their kit-sponsorship deal with adidas if they are not in the Champions League.