Man Utd could use rare contract Sir Alex Ferguson only handed out once to secure surprise summer signing

Manchester United person been offered the accidental to motion a erstwhile England planetary who is disposable connected a 'pay-as-you-play' woody this summertime – a benignant of declaration Sir Alex Ferguson is each excessively acquainted with.

Back successful the summertime of 2009, Michael Owen joined United connected a escaped transfer, but wounded concerns meant helium signed a pay-as-you-play deal, meaning his wages were heavy incentivised by appearances and goals scored, alternatively than a fixed salary.

Owen, who scored 17 goals successful 52 appearances crossed a three-year spell astatine Old Trafford, is said to person taken a important wage chopped from the £110,000-a-week wages helium was connected astatine Newcastle.

“When I heard that Newcastle were prepared to fto him [Owen] go, I acted successful a flash and got him implicit to my location to speech astir joining Manchester United," said Sir Alex Ferguson successful 2019, arsenic per The Mirror.

He added: “I cognize this whitethorn spell down arsenic a spot of blowing United’s trumpet, but I and my unit believed helium improved arsenic a subordinate astatine United and helium was an power connected young strikers similar Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck."

More than 15 years aboriginal and United person been been offered the accidental to motion erstwhile Newcastle striker Callum Wilson, according to a study from The Athletic.

It is expected they would lone beforehand if they neglect to motion immoderate of their apical targets, but Wilson could beryllium a inexpensive enactment for Ruben Amorim's broadside arsenic the 33-year-old is looking for a caller nine wherever helium volition beryllium connected a pay-as-you-play deal.

That's according to The Sun, who besides assertion Wilson is looking to commencement much games aft playing a bit-part relation astatine St James' Park past term.

Taking to societal media to denote his departure from Newcastle, the erstwhile Bournemouth guardant wrote: "It's clip to accidental goodbye aft an unbelievable fewer years successful the Toon. Thank you for everything. We stood beardown unneurotic done the highs and immoderate lows to assistance the nine acquisition caller heights."

He added: "I americium truthful arrogant to person worn the iconic fig 9 garment and to person added a small much past to it."

Wilson is simply a escaped cause aft leaving Newcastle. Image credit: Getty

Manchester United proceed to beryllium linked with a fig of players this summer

A study from The Athletic connected Tuesday besides claimed that erstwhile Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy was among respective escaped agents offered to Manchester United alongside erstwhile Everton guardant Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

United were besides said to beryllium exploring the conditions of a imaginable woody for Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike.

Ekitike, who helped the Bundesliga broadside unafraid Champions League qualification aft notching 22 goals and 13 assists past season, is presently 1 of the astir sought-after strikers successful satellite football.