Manchester United is confronted with an eye-watery £ 12 million account if they fire Ruben Amorim this summer.
The head coach of the Red Devils is supposed to have a waterproof clause in his contract-which means that he will get paid the rest of his 2½-year-old deal if he is ever tired.
There is no suggestion Subvure Sir Jim Ratcliffe has plans to dump the Portuguese, who only came to the club in November after Erik ten Hag was fired.
And that is despite a shocking series of eight defeats and only four victories in his 15 Prem games.
But if things further deteriorated for a team that labeled Amorim in the United History 'the worst', he would run away with what was left at the age of 6 million a year.
The same financial security is supposed to apply to all the backroom employees he brought with him when he sports.
And that would see the total costs of the P45s for Amorim and his coaches hit no less than £ 20 million.
Last week, accounts until the end of 2024 United showed a huge £ 1 billion, including £ 300 million in clubs for transfer costs that they pay on a drop.
Amorim, 40, whose 15th placed side-guestheer was struggling in Old Trafford tonight in Old Trafford, said: “If you start a season, it's completely different.
“In the preseason you have time to change things. That was my choice. I knew it would be difficult. “
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Ironically, revelations about Amorim's contract in the midst of claims rival clubs want to buy United's sold-out clauses for ex-red devils.
Such clauses are popular with Old Trafford Chiefs when discharging players in recent years.
Scott McTominay, Mason Greenwood, Facundo Pellistri and Hannibal Mjbri belong to stars with lucrative costs owed if they are sold.
United would get a much needed financial boost by selling some clauses.
Ratcliffe has already been set on AXE another 200 jobs around the club, on top of 250 employees who are made unnecessary last summer.
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