Manchester United s salary reduction plan exposed! After next summer s big purge, they will save millions every week and increase their budget for buying midfielders.

According to ESPN reports, Manchester United plans to reduce weekly salary expenses by more than 1 million pounds through next summer's purge, which will help introduce a new midfielder in the summer window. Team reporter Mark Ogden said that the money saved will be reinvested in Ruben Amorim's team to complete the replacement of the lineup.

Among Manchester United players whose contracts are about to expire, Casemiro earns 350,000 pounds a week, Sancho 250,000 pounds, and Maguire 190,000 pounds. They may leave. If they stay with the team, they will have to take a significant salary cut. In addition, Rashford, who earns a weekly salary of 325,000 pounds, has the opportunity to move to Barcelona permanently. There is also Andre Onana who is on loan to Trabzonspor in the Turkish Super League. His weekly salary is 150,000 pounds.

Manchester United executives believe that the club has begun to stabilize on and off the pitch after a turbulent year and a half since Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos took over the club's football operations.

Lajue led a series of cost-cutting actions, including laying off more than 400 people. Although Manchester United has lost at least 40 million pounds in revenue due to missing the European war this season, Ineos's efficiency in increasing revenue and reducing expenditure is obvious, and the club's wage expenditure has dropped to the lowest level since the 2017/18 season.

In that year, the club’s total salary expenditure was only 295.9 million pounds, but in the 2023/24 season it was as high as 364.7 million pounds! However, the total salary last season has dropped to 313 million pounds. This is partly because Manchester United signed a 25% mandatory salary reduction clause with players if they miss the Champions League. Another reason is that the starting salary of the new players' contracts is lower and replaced by a large number of bonus incentive clauses.

Therefore, Manchester United's salary expenses will also decrease this season. If Casemiro, Maguire, Rashford, Sancho, Onana, Hoylund and others transfer and leave the team or accept a salary cut, it will save the club more expenses.

Among them, the contracts of Casemiro and Maguire will expire in June next year. ESPN reported that Manchester United is prepared to renew the contracts of these two players, but the prerequisite is that the salary must be significantly reduced and incentive clauses must be increased instead. It remains to be seen whether an agreement that satisfies all parties can be reached.

Although the weekly salary of newly signed players is also considerable, there is still a significant gap compared to these high-paid players in the past. For example, Cunha and Mbemo, who joined in the summer window, have basic salaries of about 150,000 pounds, and bonuses can reach 180,000 pounds or 200,000 pounds, which is far lower than Casemiro and Rashford's weekly income of more than 300,000 pounds.

Manchester United expects to save at least one million pounds in salary expenses every week, which will be 50 million pounds in one season. Such savings will help sporting director Jason Wilcox and coach Ruben Amorim bring in new players, especially two new midfielders.

If Manchester United wants to introduce Elliot Anderson, Adam Walton or Carlos Baleba, Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace and Brighton will ask for more than 80 million pounds. This summer, Manchester United spent 225 million pounds on signings. The current financial situation does not allow important operations in the transfer market. In addition, the market in January is unlikely to provide good new player candidates.

Therefore, there is news that the club has no plans to add new members to Amorim’s lineup in the January winter window. The transfer department plans to wait until the summer to make signings, then it will be more able to pursue its primary goals.

In any case, the days when Manchester United spent huge sums of money to sign older superstars such as Casemiro, Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo are gone forever. In recent years, the Red Devils have been the team in Europe with the most disproportionate salary and record. Today the club is focused on the long term, smart signings and sensible spending.