Manchester United have offered manager Sir Alex Ferguson a new deal that will make him the highest paid manager in Premier League history, according to reports in online publication goal.com.
The new contract – which will see Ferguson net £6.5 million annually – will see the most successful manager of the modern era rewarded with a deal that promises an extra £1 million in add-ons if he can achieve a clean sweep of trophies.
According to the reports in goal.com, Ferguson will remain on the same terms of his one-year rolling deal that he committed to in 2004, but will take a 60% pay rise from his existing £4 million-per-year deal.
Manchester United’s current owners, the Glazer family, as well as chief executive David Gill, are hopeful Ferguson will formally accept an offer that will move him above Arsene Wenger as the highest paid manager in the Premier League.
In addition to his record-breaking statistics as a manager in terms of silverware, Ferguson’s guidance under the Glazer ownership has seen the Red Devils achieve another four Premier League titles and a Champions League triumph.
A sources, deemed to be close to the internal affairs at Old Trafford, supposedly told goal.com;
“All the talk at the top of the club over the last few months has been of a three-year plan," hinting that Ferguson’s new contract would extend across another three years.
"The Glazers were not sure of Ferguson's plans so asked David Gill to tell him that his achievements over all these years would be recognised with a deal that would make him the best paid manager in British football.
"There have been a few rounds of talks and the club want it sorted before his annual holiday to the south of France at the end of the season. It makes good business sense for the club and the Glazers. Ferguson has always been loyal to them and they feel it is time he was rewarded for the job he has done."
Ferguson is likely to agree to the new deal, which will see him justifiably rewarded for the years of loyalty he has shows to the club, after he recently revealed that he wanted to manage way into his seventies.
