According to the British media and sources such as Romano, Manchester United are very close to the B fee for contract extension. After the renewal, the annual salary of the B fee will rise sharply to the same level as Pogba, reaching an annual salary of 15 million euros.
In fact, after the news of the renewal of the contract, the outside world has never stopped questioning the decision of the Manchester United executives. And the reason is also very obvious, that is, it is not worth it. B Fee's performance this season has shown a significant decline, the technique is rough, can not hold the ball, the shortcomings of the high pass error rate are frequently amplified. So why is it that in the midst of a lot of doubts from the outside world, Manchester United executives still have to pay a high salary to renew the B fee? There may be 2 considerations.
The first is incentives. We know that B Fee quickly integrated into the team after joining Manchester United and became the core of the team's attack, handing over the statistics of the Portuguese Premier League and becoming the most threatening player in the Premier League. It is undeniable that in the past 2 seasons, Manchester United has been able to achieve 3rd and 2nd places in the league, B has contributed a lot. Especially during the injury of players such as Pogba, B Fee led the team alone and played the performance of the top midfielder.
At that time, the outside world's praise for the B fee was overwhelming, and many fans thought that his salary was too low to be worthy of the core status. Indeed, the salaries of Players in Manchester United are generally higher, with Rashford, Martial and other players earning more than £200,000 a week, Pogba £290,000 and De Gea reaching £375,000. After Sancho, Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo joined, United's salary average was raised again, and the B fee of 180,000 was indeed too low.
The renewal negotiations between Manchester United and B Fee began last July, which shows that the Manchester United executives are also aware of this problem, so they will start to consider salary increases for players, which obviously has the meaning of incentives. If the negotiations are interrupted because there is more criticism from the outside world this season, what does this make the players think?
In addition, a very obvious fact is that which players of Manchester United have performed normally this season? Which player is not criticized again and again? If you only look at the performance of this season, then is Rashford, Maguire and others going to take a pay cut? Is Sancho and Varane's performance worth the more than £300,000 a week paid by Manchester United? The performance of the entire Manchester United team is abnormal, and it is impossible to target a single player. B Fee's performance in the past 1 and a half seasons has been forgotten? Before I turned the tide in the game again and again, saved the team, pulled the manager back from the precipice of the class, all this forgot?
Fee's poor performance this season is entirely due to the chaos of Manchester United's current system. After Ronaldo joined, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gave up the defensive counterattack, changed to a position war, and finally could not play, lost his way, and was overshadowed; Lonnick has been adjusting since he took office, until now he has not improved the efficiency of the defensive transfer link, and it is still very difficult to score on the offensive end. So far, Lonnick has led the team to play 20 games, of which 14 have not scored more than 1 goal!
And Lonnick also had problems with the use of the B fee, he arranged the B fee withdrawal in the No. 8 position, allowing him to participate in more organization and scoring. However, as everyone knows, far from the forbidden area, the role of the B fee is greatly reduced. You ask him to pull back to organize the ball, can he? He doesn't have the ability to know no. Once under defensive pressure, the immediate consequence is an increase in mistakes. Then the score fell behind, the mentality began to be anxious, the more urgent the more mistakes, so vicious circle, and then began to complain.
The second is to stabilize the military's morale. We know that United will definitely have a big squad change this summer. Pogba will only basically not renew his contract after saying that, and C Ronaldo may also leave the team because he did not qualify for the top 4, then next season's B fee will become the absolute core again, and sending a salary worthy of the core position at this time can play a reassuring role.
The new season will have a new manager, and the new manager will bring a new tactical system. Judging from the outside world's reports, Tenghag will most likely become the new manager of Manchester United, and this extension may also seek his opinion. Once B Fee is established as the core of the attack and put in the right position, it is entirely possible that he will find the performance he did at the beginning of the franchise. If the offensive end is clear and the player's tacit understanding increases, the characteristics of B Fei dare to pass and pass the threatening ball are also very valuable.
All in all, the performance of the entire United team this season has been abnormal, the chaos has been since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's time in charge, and Lonnick has not really solved it so far. In this case, all the problems will be magnified, and the B fee will not be an exception.