Manchester United on Wednesday reported its financial results for the previous year ended 30 June 2024, with a massive loss of £113.2 million despite the club's record revenue of £661.8 million. That's a significant increase from United's £28.7 million loss a year ago. This is partly attributable to investment in transfer fees and wages, with data showing a £33.3 million increase in wages for the Red Devils.
Manchester United is definitely one of the highest-paid clubs in international football, with many players enjoying high salaries in the squad that are impossible to imagine anywhere else. Like Anthony, who earns £200,000 a week, it is impossible to get such a treatment anywhere on the planet. Anthony Martial, who left this summer, has been left untouched so far, which is another proof of the outrageous level of salary offered by the club.
According to O Dia, Brazil's flamengo recently turned down the opportunity to bring in Anthony Martial for free after his agent Philippe · Lambaule asked for a three-year contract with a weekly asking price of £70,000. This is the top salary in flamengo. Flamengo's current highest-paid player is Gabriel · Barbosa with £57,000 a week.
As a result, Martial's asking price was deemed unrealistic. Flamengo are considering signing him because striker Pedro is reimbursed for a serious injury, while Pedro's weekly salary is just £29,000. Anthony Martial's asking price is three times that of him, and his income at Manchester United is nearly 10 times as much!
Marcos · Brazz, president of Flamengo FC, said: "There are a lot of rumours and after Pedro's injury we discussed it with the coaching and technical committee to see if it was necessary to buy someone. There are many rumors, but it is our duty and responsibility to understand the market and find out what is most beneficial for flamenco. The transfer window has closed and now we can only sign players who are not under contract, and we have analysed it and found that there are very few problems that can be solved for the team. We already have Barbosa in the team and he always solves all the problems. And Kalinhos, Bruno · Enrique, he can also play in the number nine position."
Anthony Martial's pay cut of more than 70 per cent has gone unnoticed. The confusion of the Red Devils' wage structure shows the confusion of the Red Devils' wage structure for a player who was reluctant to pay £70,000 a week at Manchester United. Manchester United's habit of giving players excessively high weekly wages has improved slightly after Sir Jim · Ratcliffe took over, but it has not been completely eliminated.
18-year-old France centre-back Lenny · Yoro, who joined for 63 million euros this summer, has received a super high income. Spain's "As" newspaper revealed that Real Madrid offered him an annual salary of only 2.5 million pounds, while Manchester United gave 8.1 million pounds at once, more than three times that of the "Galaxy Battleship".
It was seen as a rare opportunity to attract one of Europe's most admired young stars, so United did whatever it took to get it. However, with Yoro not contributing anything to Manchester United, what will the rest of the team's main players think of such a high salary? Understandably, they will of course use this as a benchmark to ask for a raise. Once Pandora's box is opened, it is not so easy to change.
After all, calm players like Kobe · Mayno who are not in a hurry to raise his salary and renew his contract are now a handful. United are currently in contract talks with €40 million winger Amad · Diallo, with the 22-year-old Ivory Coast international entering the final year of his contract and his current salary of £1.5 million a year, conservatively estimated to be at least double his earnings after the extension.
Manchester United have lost more than £92 million in three of the last four years, compared to a cumulative loss of £372.8 million in the last five years and a cumulative loss of £257.4 million in the last three years, but they are confident that they will not breach the financial rules set by the Premier League and UEFA. The Premier League's PSR profitability and sustainability rules allow for a loss of £105 million over three years, with United explaining that if the permissible losses in infrastructure, youth and women's football are excluded, the club's losses will not be in contravention. In addition, the departure of high-paid players such as Anthony Martial, Raphael Varane and Donny van de Beek will help improve the situation.