Manchester
United have already agreed the personal terms of a proposed summer
transfer for loan signing Radamel Falcao in a bid to avoid a repeat of
the wage wrangle they had with Carlos Tevez five years ago.
United signed the Colombia centre forward on loan from Monaco on the last day of the summer transfer window.
Having
paid a loan fee of £6million to the French club for the 28-year-old,
United have also agreed to a transfer fee of £43.5m if they decide to
take the striker permanently at the end of the season.
Now
it has emerged that United chief executive Ed Woodward has already
agreed a £250,000-a-week wage – as well as bonuses and image rights –
with the player and his representatives ahead of next summer.
United are keen to avoid a battle similar to the one they had with Tevez in 2009.
Back
then, the striker had been loan at Old Trafford for two seasons and the
club had agreed to meet a £25m buy-out clause with the Argentine’s
owners at the end of it. However, the deal collapsed when they couldn’t
agree personal terms with Tevez and he eventually joined rivals
Manchester City.
This time, United have nailed down terms with
Falcao to ensure that there is no room for negotiation should the
player’s representatives seek more money next May.
United will
decide whether to take the player permanently based on his form over the
next eight months but also his injury record, given that he missed the
World Cup after surgery on cruciate ligament damage.
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