Manchester United’s qualification for next season’s Champions League will have a material impact on player pay, according to a report in The Guardian.<\/p>\n
The club\u2019s return to Europe\u2019s top competition activates individual Champions League incentivized clauses in many player contracts rather than a single club-wide bonus. The Guardian report that the bulk of the first-team squad will secure a 25% pay rise, although some players will receive smaller increases and others will miss out entirely.<\/p>\n
Only three members of the squad are named in relation to pay uplifts. Skipper Bruno Fernandes is listed among those to be rewarded fully. Kobbie Mainoo and Harry Maguire, who both recently signed contract extensions at Old Trafford, will also benefit financially from the club\u2019s Champions League return.<\/p>\n
Casemiro remains the club\u2019s best paid player, earning approximately $470,000 per week in Manchester, but he is set to leave United at the end of the current campaign. The report states that Bruno Fernandes will succeed Casemiro as the club\u2019s top earner, taking home around $340,000 per week once his pay increase is confirmed. That rise is reported to place the Portuguese midfielder as the Premier League\u2019s seventh best-paid player in 2026\u201327 as things stand, when Casemiro, Mohamed Salah and Bernardo Silva all leave their clubs.<\/p>\n
Mainoo\u2019s new contract is thought to be worth around $163,000 per week, which still leaves him on less than all three of United\u2019s forward signings from last summer.<\/p>\n
The removal of Casemiro\u2019s substantial salary will reduce United\u2019s wage bill ahead of the summer transfer window, even if replacing his influence on the pitch will be challenging. The report also notes that a figure in the region of $100,000 per week will be removed when Tyrell Malacia departs on a free transfer this summer, and that further exits of high earners are expected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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