Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will retain his job for now despite his side’s failure to win their last four league matches.
Reports surrounding the Norwegian’s future intensified after the Red Devils’ humiliating 5-0 defeat to Liverpool. His position, for now, is safe, but that may change if results don’t improve in the next few matches.
Antonio Conte has been lined up as a potential candidate to replace the former Cardiff City boss and reports from the Italian press have stated he has ‘already said yes’ to United.
The ex-Chelsea manager has been without a job since leaving Inter Milan back in May, just weeks after guiding them to a title success. When the Nerazzurri ‘reached an agreement for the consensual termination of the contract’ with Conte, the latter was eligible for severance pay.
FcInter1908 have found out the details of Inter’s financial statements and this would come as an encouragement for United, if they wish to replace Solskjaer with Conte.
“Charges for wages contractually due to registered staff no longer employed in the technical project amounting to €14.352m. If by 31 December 2021 such staff take on new positions in other Italian clubs, the value of the fund would be fully released to the Income Statement under the item ‘Other revenues – Release of provisions for risks and charges’,” it read.
The ‘anti-Italy clause’ will stop Conte from joining another Serie A side before the end of this year. Should he do that, the manager will have pay a penalty of ‘renouncing the entire sum agreed as severance pay’.
Conte, however, doesn’t risk paying a penalty should he move to Manchester United.
Should the Premier League side come calling, the Italian can accept the position, without having the worry of ‘renouncing’ severance pay.
