Sport Manchester United will 'pay huge bonus payments for Lisandro Martinez'

00:02 30 july 2022

00:02 30 july 2022 Source: dailymail.co.uk

Rangers star Calvin Bassey completes £19m move to Ajax

Bassey - who still had another two years to run on his Rangers - deal arrived in Austria on Wednesday and will now join in with the Ajax first team's training camp in the country. Ajax beat RB Salzburg 3-2 in a friendly on Tuesday, and face German Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.Speaking in a video posted on the club's official Twitter account, Bassey said in Dutch: 'Hello friends,' before adding in English: 'I'm Calvin Bassey and I'm here.

Manchester United will have to make huge bonus payments to Ajax for new centre-back Lisandro Martinez every time the defender plays for the club.

United completed a £55million move for the Argentinian, but the completed deal means that Ajax will cash in every time Martinez plays for his new club.

Ajax will be paid an eye-watering £56,000 bonus for every appearance the 24-year-old makes for the Premier League side up to a maximum of 30 games a season, as reported by the Mirror.

© Provided by Daily Mail Lisandro Martinez joined Manchester United from Ajax this summer for a fee worth £55m Martinez arrives from Dutch side Ajax where he spent three years playing under Erik ten Hag

Martinez arrives from Dutch side Ajax where he spent three years playing under Erik ten Hag

Martinez has taken over the number six shirt vacated by Paul Pogba and could end up costing United over £1.6million in bonus payments per season to his former club.

Lisandro Martinez enjoys an Italian restaurant in Manchester

United agreed a £55million deal to sign the Argentine from earlier this month, with Martinez set to sign a five-year contract worth £120,000-a-week and the option of another year. With the transfer not yet being confirmed as the last aspects are finalised, Martinez is staying in the plush five-star Lowry Hotel and made the short trip across Manchester to eat at the Don Giovanni eatery.

The former Ajax player-of-the-year has signed a five-year contract until 2027 with an option for a further year as new boss Erik ten Hag's looks to build a new team capable of competing for trophies.

Defensive reinforcements were a top summer priority after the club finished the previous season with a zero-goal difference marking their worst ever Premier League season.

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It’s hard to argue with the fact that Liverpool’s 2017 signing of Mohamed Salah has worked out extremely well for them. They paid Roma a club-record £36.9 million for the Egyptian forward, and Salah has been worth that price and more, winning the Premier League Golden Boot twice, including the Premier League record for goals scored (32) in a 38-game season, accomplishing that staggering feat in 2018. Salah was also a difference maker for Liverpool in their 2019 Champions League and 2020 Premier League title-winning campaigns.

The Old Trafford outfit agreed to the eyebrow-raising bonus demands in an attempt to beat Arsenal to the signing of the versatile defender.

Manchester United will have to pay Ajax £56,000-per-game for Martinez in bonuses

Erik ten Hag will hope Martinez can help plug one of the top 10's leakiest defences last term

Martinez will earn a reported £120,000 a week and becomes the club's third summer signing following the arrivals of Tyrell Malacia and midfielder Christian Eriksen.

Man Utd sign Martinez from Ajax in £56.7m deal

Manchester United have confirmed the £56.7m signing of Ajax defender Lisandro Martinez on a five-year contract. United have paid a guaranteed €57.37m (£48.3m) for the Argentina international, with an additional €10m (£8.4m) in add-ons agreed between the two clubs. The move sees Martinez link up again with former Ajax manager Erik ten Hag, who signed him for the club in 2019, at Old Trafford.

Nicknamed 'the butcher of Amsterdam', he started his career in Argentina before joining Ajax in 2019.

Martinez quickly became a fan favourite as he helped the Dutch champions to two Eredivisie league titles along with helping Argentina lift the Copa America in 2021.

He played 45 minutes in the club's behind-closed-doors pre-season friendly against Wrexham and has been included in the traveling squad to face Atletico Madrid in Oslo.

The centre-back will be hoping to get his first taste of Premier League action when United host Brighton in their opening game of the season on Sunday, August 7.

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