In a quarterly financial report released on Thursday, Manchester United says it has spent more than € 20 million to thank José Mourinho and his staff.
It was obvious that Jose Mourinho had not left Manchester empty-handed. Thanks to the end of December after the defeat against Liverpool, the Portuguese technician had packed his bags and the first estimates indicated a very expensive operation for the Red Devils. This Thursday, the financial report of the second quarter of the season confirms the trend since the leaders have paid 19.6 million pounds sterling or more than 22 million euros to break the contracts of José Mourinho and members of his staff (Silvino Louro, Carlos Lalin, Stefano Rapetti, Ricardo Formosinho and Giovanni Cerra).
” The exceptional items for the quarter amounted to 19.6 million pounds sterling, related to the remuneration of the former coach and some of his staff to leave their function, ” says the report. It must be said that José Mourinho, whose salary was around 12 million annual, had extended his contract in January 2018 until June 2020 with an option of one additional year. But the disappointing results before Christmas had pushed its leaders to review their plan.
An expensive decision that had a positive impact on the athlete as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer went on to win a series of 11 unbeaten games (10 wins, 1 draw) to get Manchester United back in fourth place. championship. ” The appointment of Ole as interim manager, in collaboration with Kieran (McKenna), Michael (Carrick) and Emilio (Alvarez) has had a positive impact on the entire club. team’s performance since December and we look forward to the end of the 18/19 year season
