Jose Mourinho’s desperation to gazump Pep Guardiola in the hot pursuit of Alexis Sanchez saw Manchester United commit to a £6.7million signing-on fee to the Chilean on top of £391,000 a week pay, it can be revealed. His basic £144,000-a-week pay will rise to £240,000 a week if Arsenal trigger an option to extend his deal. Chelsea also agreed to pay £5.3m to the Spaniard’s agent in addition to the £57.2m paid to Real Madrid. The Football Leaks data reveal Swansea would have earned another £2.5m for Gylfi Sigurdsson had buying club Everton qualified for the Champions League. Sanchez was still under investigation by Spanish tax authorities when he signed for United.

Source: Daily Mail May 11, 2018 16:00 UTC