Manchester United players have £38m riding on Champions League qualification as they prepare to face Ajax in Europa League final next week

Manchester United's players have an incredible £38million resting on their UEFA Europa League final against Ajax next week.

Under the pay structure at Old Trafford, which assumes that United qualify for the Champions League every season, all players on more than £20,000-a-week are docked 25 per cent of their salary if they fail to make it.

So another season in the Europa League, the fate of Mourinho's side if they lose to Ajax in the Stockholm final next Wednesday, would see them lose a quarter of their earnings for the second consecutive season.

Manchester United's player face a pay cut of 25 per cent if they fail to reach the Champions League by beating Ajax in next week's Europa League final

A total of u00a338million rests on the Stockholm final for Jose Mourinho's players next week — A total of £38million rests on the Stockholm final for Jose Mourinho's players next week

According to The Times, the mandatory wage cut applies to the 22 first-team players who finished last season under Louis van Gaal and amounts to £28million in total.