The reason we extended it was because it was one year left and supposedly players won't commit to a manager on that contract (most would, very few would care). But even with that logic, you extend it by a year. Not 3. There's not a thing ole had done before this summer that the board should reward. At best he met expectations and his current deal should just be extended for a year
Financial implications of sacking Ole
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The stupidity of that move was only topped by giving him a permanent contract in the first place before he'd actually finished the season in 18/19.
They got over-excited after the PSG game and I remember all the ex-United players demanding in the media that they give him a permanent deal right away. If the club just waited until the end of the season when Ole was interim, they'd have seen what an absolute disaster the season turned out to be and avoided wasting 3 years under a manager who didn't have credentials for the job, and didn't even do a good job as interim as the team bottled top 4 from a great position and couldn't buy a win in the last 10 games. I really cannot fathom how anyone could be that stupid, let alone people who have worked themselves into a position to make decisions for a multi billion pound business. On no level do I understand how that can be possible.
There is a suggestion that players won't respect a manager if his contract is up at the end of the season, but I've never really seen any evidence for it. The fact we've signed up Mourinho and Ole to long term contracts and they've lost the dressing room within months of signing said contract is evidence enough that having a manager on a long term contract does nothing to keep the squad behind a manager.
I don’t believe for a second that a decision to keep him is driven by financial impact or that it is even taken into consideration. Even if it cost us £30m to fire him, which I also do not believe as you don’t always have to pay off the entire deal and he’s probably on less than £10m a year, I find it impossible to believe that our management are happy to spend £110m to sign two players who we don’t even have a clear plan for but would hesitate to spend £30m or even £50m to get a new manager. If we are good at something it’s throwing money at issues.
He got 20x raise from his old salary. Dont ask me why the club did that to a no name manager
Because the guy who negotiates the contracts is terrible at his job.
But because he is a "mate" of E.Woodward, he gets to keep his job.
I believe his name is Matt Judge. An absolutely terrible negotiator.
30m? What are you lot smoking?
It’ll be written into the contract that an early termination will have a 1 year penalty clause or something along those lines. 30 mil
You'd think that.
But we are incompetent and would most likely not have such a clause in the contract.
I just think this Board full of people that is satisfied with status quo. Everything is always reactionary when make a move. React when things at worst point only.
As long as the owner is satisfied with United as their cash cow, he won't make any change. Why would they?
And the Board would rarely rock the boat. Just look at their appointments, with this "structural change". It's full of insiders or rookies that they know well.
Madness people don’t know this. Contracts for managers are usually a year and at most 18 months.30m? What are you lot smoking?
It’ll be written into the contract that an early termination will have a 1 year penalty clause or something along those lines. 30 mil
The amount of money he earns, the decision to give him the permanent contract and the extension are all monumentally stupid decisions, each with no ounce of logic or merit to justify it. So yeah, let the suits pay the price for their errors. That said, the number in the OP is a wild exaggeration, like has been pointed out severally.
30 million to sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Madness. Our genius accountants should be held accountable for handing him a new contract and a club this financial mess.
As others have said, the £30m is speculation.
It turns out that the bean counters at the club are not even good at counting beans.
The ones backing Ole should be sacked first. Then those who gave him the contract without a get out of jail card (if so). Then Ole.
Get rid of all the incompetent dullards at one go
Get rid of all the incompetent dullards at one go
At this point I think VdB will be ready to pay off whatever the compo is for sacking the manager.
When people had a go for us extending his contract, this place started paddling about stability, how you cant have players thinking that manager wont be here for long and similar shit hahaha
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/ole-signs-new-contract.464353/
Great news
Fantastic news
/drool
Moaners
Great news
Have you ever kicked a ball? ( Woot!?)
Good thread, not gonna lie.
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/ole-signs-new-contract.464353/
Great news
Fantastic news
/drool
Moaners
Great news
Have you ever kicked a ball? ( Woot!?)
Good thread, not gonna lie.
It is not one of the reasons but "the" reason. There were rumors after the Liverpool game that the board met informally but decided to stick with Ole because he would continue the stability around revenues and finances.
Bringing in a high-profile manager along with his backroom staff while paying off the recently renewed contracts for the incumbents is a step too far for the board. The benefits would not outweigh the cost in their opinion.
I believe we will stick with Ole until his position becomes totally untenable and there is a Ole 2.0 available somewhere who will work with the current squad without lighting a fire under the board's backsides. I won't be shocked if they promote someone from inside claiming lack of managers with alignment on long-term goals.
They have done the same for all other high profile openings at the club.
If we sack Ole we will only have enough money to sign Mbappe, Lewandowski, Ramos and a 80m DM next transfer window. If we dont, we will have enough to sign Mbappe, Lewandowski, Messi, Kross, Ramos, Illarramendi and a 90m DM.
He probably has performance clauses similar to previous managers that reduce compensation if we choose to exercise the option to sack him for failing to hit them. The problem is, I don't think any of us want to wait for him to miss them (i.e. top four) to make the changes we need. We won't be able to sack him and claim it was quite likely he might have missed those performance requirements so we can avoid paying him out in full.
Where is everyone getting all these numbers from? Is this public information somewhere?
But remember that shirt sales will offset it.
This does not sound true, what is your source
Who needs a source. Just quote any old shite around here and people start believing it.
We tend to lose a lot more if we stick to Ole.
Fail to get into top 4 and knocked out of cups -> Star players lose faith and wants to leave -> Sponsors lose faith and terminate partnerships -> We flourish on rainbows and good vibes
Fail to get into top 4 and knocked out of cups -> Star players lose faith and wants to leave -> Sponsors lose faith and terminate partnerships -> We flourish on rainbows and good vibes
they can't sack him after giving him new contract with big money, they will look so stupid.
this club is managed by a group of idiots.
this club is managed by a group of idiots.
No wonder he’s refusing to go gracefully if he’s due a £40m payout
At this point we may as well lose the 10m and try and salvage our CL place. Realistically it’s the only option.