Uncertainty over Manchester United’s Champions League future next season has seen Paul Pogba and David de Gea both demand huge pay rises.
The Red Devils were knocked out of Europe’s elite competition in midweek as Barcelona crushed them 3-0 at the Nou Camp to secure a comfortable 4-0 aggregate victory.
Their hopes to qualify for next season’s Champions League have taken a hit after an alarming run of form in the Premier League has seen them drop out of the top four.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side are currently sixth in the top flight, two points behind fourth-placed Arsenal with just five games of the season remaining.
Failure to qualify for the top European competition would see every United player have their basic salary reduced by 25 per cent.
This was the case when they last missed out on Champions League qualification before Jose Mourinho’s arrival in 2016.
And The Times have claimed that Pogba and De Gea have got wind of this situation, and have demanded a huge pay hike amid fears United will miss out on a top-four spot.
Pogba is currently on a £290,000-a-week deal and has two years left to run on his current contract at Old Trafford.
The midfielder has, however, been linked with a summer switch to Real Madrid and there is a strong possibility that he could leave United for the Spanish giants.
Goalkeeper De Gea, who has endured a tough time on the pitch of late, has been locked in talks over a new contract for some time now.
The Spain international is looking for an improvement on his current £200,000-a-week contract, and his representatives are agitating for a higher basic salary.
Real Madrid are also keen on De Gea, and the Spanish giants could use this latest saga to their advantage.
Chima92
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Alexis Sanchez's Huge wage pack has caused a lot of problems in the club. his £500k per week earnings has made the rest of the players lose focus on playing football n rather asking 4 their pay rise as well. this nonsense has to stop by getting rid of Sanchez first n foremost! then the rest of the useless money minded players can then follow Sanchez towards the exit door. this insanity in the club is jst too much! i jst feel sorry 4 Ole 4 inheriting such useless footbllers.
Mukdlorz
90
Real clowns once team. Not contributing n playing for e club but instead wants easy money. MU must do something before it goes down to 2nd Division. Not worth watching them play if this things continue in Old Trafford. It’s a crying shame where players play for money n not club glory. Damn it😡😡🖕
TizihBrain
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Nonsense Ole should start the dish out of players on them both especially Pogba... He thinks he's bigger than the club 😡😡😡. We need a total transformation... And we don't need egoistic players... De Gea can stay if he wants 😏
Sukamnotuy
72
first of all ole is useless and he is making the same mistakes Jose made by saying he wants to work with the current players in the squad and just adds 3 or 4 players, those who followed what Jose said in his first press conference it's what ole is telling us now when we can see that we do not have players at all to lead us to win silverware. if not all the players then 80% must be released and invest in good players because that is rebuilding like pep did at city. ole cannot develop these average players into good players if that is what he is thinking because even Jose thought so with his experience but it Did not work at all now what more with ole without experience???? he doesn't even know what is rebuilding the team and what it takes
Daubcisuy
62
Man united players are all demanding huge pay raise but the team is not going anywhere.another trophy less season.look at all the other teams,they are playing for passion and love of the club.Pogba never shows up in the big game,Rashford missing every chance he gets,Sanchez useless,Dea makes a huge mistake against Messi.who deserves more money???Show your worth like Messi,Ronaldo,salah,Aguaro,sterling and you will get all that money.United needs to get rid of all players getting more than £350 a week.