Finance expert: Man United suffer '£20m' blow as true cost of sacking revealed

Manchester United are facing a major financial hit of around £20 million as the true cost of sacking Rúben Amorim becomes clear, according to a finance expert speaking to Football Insider.

Amorim was dismissed after a difficult 14-month spell at Old Trafford, but the decision has triggered a series of expensive contractual obligations. The expert explains that United must cover the full value of the remaining term on Amorim’s contract, rather than negotiating a discounted payoff, due to protective clauses inserted when he was hired.

That payout includes the wages owed to Amorim for the rest of his deal, along with severance packages for key members of his backroom staff who also departed with him. When these sums are combined, the total cost of terminating his employment is estimated to be in the region of £20m.

Crucially, this £20m hit comes on top of the money already spent to appoint Amorim in the first place. United previously paid a multi-million-pound compensation fee to Sporting CP to prise him away from the Portuguese club, while also absorbing the cost of sacking his predecessor and that coaching team. The expert notes that, once all these elements are aggregated, Amorim’s short reign has become an extremely expensive chapter for the club.

The situation is made more sensitive by the wider financial context at Manchester United. Under the new regime led by minority shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the club has been attempting to impose stricter cost controls and improve its overall spending structure. Yet the sizeable write-off associated with Amorim’s exit underlines how volatile and costly repeated managerial changes can be at the elite level.

According to the expert, the £20m Amorim bill effectively reduces the room United have to manoeuvre under financial regulations and could influence upcoming decisions in the transfer market and future managerial appointments.