The British newspaper “Dailymail” revealed the status of the management of Manchester United club for what it described as “Ronaldo’s Law” in reference to the former team player, Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, which is based on setting a ceiling for players’ salaries specified at 200 thousand pounds per week (261 million euros). thousand euros).

According to the same newspaper, the club's management envisages this decision to end all differences between players at the level of the dressing room, and not to make any member of the club less valuable than his teammate.

This is happening at a time when Manchester United has the highest wage bill for players in the English Premier League, amounting to 228 million pounds per month (259 million euros).

The club has already managed to save 20 million pounds (23 million euros) after separating from Ronaldo, who recently moved to the Saudi victory, but the “Red Devils” still need greater efforts in order not to violate the rules of fair financial play.

radical change

Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea is the first to be affected by this decision, as his contract with the club, which will expire next summer, includes a weekly salary of 375,000 pounds (425,000 euros), and he received a new offer much lower than him in order to renew for additional seasons.

The club's new policy is based on the idea of ​​bringing in the largest number of players with close salaries (Getty Images)

Observers believe that this decision is a "radical change" in the club's policy during the era of "Ed Woodward", the former executive director of the club, which was based on allocating huge salaries to bring big stars to the "Old Trafford" castle, a policy that actually enabled the club to sign names. The last of which was the Portuguese Ronaldo.

The club's new policy is based on the idea of ​​bringing in the largest possible number of players who receive similar salaries, instead of draining the club's treasury with huge resources in exchange for bringing in individual stars.

It should be noted that the main pillars of the club, such as Harry Maguire, Casemiro, Rafael Varane and Fernandez, have weekly wages ranging between 180 and 200 thousand pounds.

Difficulties facing the club

On the other hand, it seems that this financial policy may not be fully welcomed by all the stars of the team, who have become accustomed to getting more money since joining the club.

If the goalkeeper De Gea, who joined the team since 2011, confirmed - in a previous statement - that he was confident that the talks with the club would end positively, then in fact he would not hope to obtain a higher salary than specified.

De Gea receives about 425,000 euros per week in his current contract, which expires next summer (Getty Images)

The same applies to the player Luke Shaw, whose contract will expire in 2024, and who will be subject to similar conditions, like the rest of his colleagues.

However, the situation will be more difficult for the club's management in order to preserve its English top scorer Marcus Rashford, who has become the focus of interest for many clubs, including Paris Saint-Germain.

Rashford is one of the most prominent stars of the team at the present time, and his contract with the club will expire in only 18 months, while club officials fear that granting him any financial privileges better than his colleagues may lead to a rift in the dressing room.