The i Paper has been told co-owners Ineos and all senior figures at United retain full backing for head coach Ruben Amorim, despite the club slipping to the most defeats in a single season in 51 years.
Ruben Amorim still has the backing of the United board (Photo: Getty)
Matheus Cunha’s £62.5m deal is all but done, The i Paper understands, and could be confirmed as early as Sunday, after United’s season finale at home against Aston Villa, or early next week.
Football finance experts predict United have taken a revenue hit of around £100m by missing out on Europe’s premier competition.
“That’s mainly made up of TV cash and match day revenue that they would earn from the Champions League. Being in the group stages is worth a minimum of £60m with £15m in match day revenue and then the ability to strike more lucrative commercial and sponsorship deals on top of that.
“An extra £100m in revenue allows you to spend £400m or £500m on new players when you amortise those deals over the length of their contracts. That is gone now.”
Several senior figures were taken aback by Amorim’s claims after United’s damaging loss to Tottenham that he would leave if he did not feel wanted, without taking any compensation.
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No one at the club – Sir Jim Ratcliffe, chief executive Omar Berrada and technical director Jason Wilcox are all supporters – has any desire to make any changes at the top.
“They do have PSR headroom even without Champions League football so I’d expect them to be moderately aggressive in the market,” Professor Wilson said.
The silver lining for United is that they won’t have to fund significant bonuses and the wage uplift that would have come from competing in the Champions League.
United are also confident Antony will garner plenty more interest given his fine form on loan at Real Betis this season. The club are hoping to raise at least £40m from any sale, sources said.
One additional bonus could come from the transfer of former full-back Alvaro Fernandez between Benfica and Real Madrid. United are understood to retain a 40 per cent sell-on clause over the young Spaniard, which could earn them up to £20m.
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