Manchester United face paying out millions after they handed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s coaching staff new three-year contracts only weeks before sacking him.
As Sportsmail revealed, assistant Mike Phelan signed a new deal last month, and sources have now disclosed that he was followed by the rest of the coaching team, including Michael Carrick - now caretaker boss - first-team coach Kieran McKenna and goalkeeper coach Richard Hartis.
The logic for the move will be questioned given doubts had already been raised about Solskjaer’s future.
Now he has been fired, it is likely any new manager would bring in his own staff, meaning compensation pay-outs to Solskjaer’s men running into millions.