Manchester United have revealed it cost £21.4m to sack Erik ten Hag as their manager and hire Ruben Amorim as the Dutchman’s replacement. Ten Hag was removed on 28 October, with his coaching staff René Hake, Jelle ten Rouwelaar, Pieter Morel and Ruud van Nistelrooy all following. A total £10.4m was paid in compensation to do so.
Signing Amorim, plus the coaching quintet of Carlos Fernandes, Jorge Vital, Adélio Cândido, Emanuel Ferro and Paulo Barreira who followed him from Sporting, was priced at £11m, the club’s latest accounts state.
The 39-year-old is United’s sixth permanent manager since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in May 2013. On Sunday, Amorim’s first game in charge ended as a 1-1 draw at Ipswich Town. On Thursday he leads United in his opening match at Old Trafford in the Europa League versus Bodø/Glimt. Amorim said: “It will be special, but it will be more special if we win. So that’s the goal, but it’s a special moment in my life, in our staff’s life, and I hope it will be the beginning of something very beautiful.”
