[풋볼리스트] Reporter Han Jun = Manchester United failed to advance to the next season’s UEFA Champions League (UCL) due to a 0-4 loss in the 2021-2022 English Premier League (EPL) match against Brighton & Hove Albion.
United have played 37 games and are left with only the final match against Crystal Palace. They are 6th with 58 points from 16 wins, 10 draws and 11 losses. The gap with Arsenal, currently in fourth place, is wide by five points, so even if they win the remaining matches, they cannot be in fourth place.
Amid Manchester United’s slump, Tottenham Hotspur secured at least a spot in the UEFA Europa League with a 1-1 draw against Liverpool. Tottenham Hotspur, who has 62 points, is ahead of Manchester United with a maximum of only 61 points if United win the final match. Even if West Ham United won all three games remaining, they only got 61 points, securing at least 5th place.
The Daily Mail, a British daily newspaper, announced on the Internet version of the news on the 8th that Manchester United, who failed to qualify for the Champions League next season, will reduce their salary expenses for the next season according to the contracts they signed with first-team players.
According to reports, United have inserted a clause that cuts the salaries of first-team players by 25% each if they miss the Champions League. Failure to participate in the Champions League will significantly reduce the club’s revenue.
The scale of the salary adjustments between Manchester United’s high-paid players Cristiano Ronaldo and David De Gea is also known. Ronaldo earns £385,000 a week at Manchester United. With the 25% cut, Ronaldo will be paid £288,000 a week next season. About 150 million won will be reduced in Korean Won. If calculated as an annual salary, it is a reduction of 7.8 billion won.
De Gea is also paid £375,000 a week, similar to Ronaldo. Next season’s weekly wage will be reduced to £281,000.
Meanwhile, Ajax manager Eric Tenhach, who will take over at Manchester United next season, is said to have requested Ronaldo to stay. The British daily The Telegraph reports that coach Ten Haach has asked for a striker, but he has informed the club that he wants to join Ronaldo.
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