Manchester
United: Jose Mourinho and staff paid £19.6m pay-off after sacking.
Manchester
United paid Jose Mourinho and his staff £19.6m in compensation following his
sacking in December.
United
revealed the figures in their second quarter financial results.
Mourinho
was sacked after a run of poor results, culminating in a 3-1 defeat by
Liverpool, that left them 11 points off fourth place in the Premier League.
Caretaker
manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer won 10 of his first 11 games before Tuesday's 2-0
Champions League last-16 first-leg defeat by Paris St-Germain.
Within
the financial results, which were released to the New York Stock Exchange, it
said: "Exceptional items for the quarter were £19.6m, relating to
compensation to the former manager and certain members of the coaching staff
for loss of office."
Mourinho,
55, took over in May 2016 and led United to League Cup and Europa League
titles. In January 2018 he signed a contract extension until 2020 with the
option of an extra year.
United
executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward says Solskjaer's appointment, along with
that of Sir Alex Ferguson's former coach Mike Phelan as his assistant has
"had a positive impact throughout the club".
"Ole
has made a fantastic start reviving performance of team," Woodward said.
Woodward
says he thinks United, who have reached the fifth round of the FA Cup and are
now fourth in the Premier League, above Chelsea and Arsenal, will now have
"a strong finish to the season".
He
refused to offer any update on Solskjaer's future, insisting the club will
stick to its plan of offering an update at the end of the season.
not
necessarily visual. We are looking at ways we can make the structures
stronger."
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