The new manager of Manchester United, Ruben Amorim, has become the fourth highest paid manager in the Premier League.
The Red Devils confirmed today that the 39-year-old will take over from Erik ten Hag as manager from November 11.
Man Utd activated the €12m release clause in his contract with Sporting Lisbon and have paid an extra €1m to stop a 30-day spell where he would have to be unemployed.
Amorim has signed a deal at Old Trafford that runs until 2027 and includes an option for a further year.
The manager will reportedly earn £6.5m a season at Man Utd. This is slightly less than Ten Hag, who earned £6,75m a year.
The Dutchman was on £9m when he first joined, but Man Utd failed to qualify for the Champions League last season and is understood to have taken a pay cut.
Manchester City's Pep Guardiola tops the list of the highest-paid managers in English football's elite, on £20 million a year.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta takes home £10m and Aston Villa manager Unai Emery is third on £8m.
Amorim's £6.5m contract sees him move just above Liverpool's Arne Slott on the list of highest-paid managers. /Telegraph/
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