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Famous five join United millionaires Manchester United are close to finalising a �29million investment plan that will keep five of their brightest young stars at the club well into the next century. England World Cup players David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt are now engaged in talks to extend their contracts to the year 2003 while Gary Neville and brother Phil have already agreed to commit themselves to the club for the next seven years. As first revealed by Sportsmail, Butt, Scholes and Beckham wil be given huge pay rises. They had already signed until 2001 but are now in discussions to add a further two years to their deals. The negotiations mean all five join the growing band of Manchester United players earning �1million a season. Beckham already earns a further �1million-plus a year through sponsorship deals with Adidas and Brylcreem. But Scholes and Butt can at least rival their more glamourous colleague on the United pay scale and the rises for all five - which will total almost �15million - double their salaries. The new offers will also protect United from the head hunters of Italy and Spain, with Beckham known to be a long-term target for Juventus. Ryan Giggs agreed a five year deal until the year 2001 in 1996 and is already on a seven-figure salary - but the club are certain to begin further talks with him shortly. At the weekend, manager Alex Ferguson, 56, announced that he intends to continue work well into his 60s, while his No2 Brian Kidd also signed a new deal recently. United chairman Martin Edwards said 'We are in negotiations with Beckham, Scholes and Butt. The three of them signed deals two years ago until the year 2001 but they have come a long way since and we'd hate to lose them.' |
Full-time score for Monday, March 30 1998 West Ham United Hartson (8) Abou (23) Pearce (68) 3 - 0 Leeds United Match Report Full-time scores for Saturday, March 28 1998 Arsenal Bergkamp (35) 1 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday Match Report Barnsley Redfearn (37, pen 85) 2 - 3 Liverpool Riedle (44, 59) McManaman (90) Match Report Bolton Wanderers Thompson (52, 89) 2 - 0 Leicester City Match Report Coventry City Huckerby (44) 1 - 0 Derby County Match Report Crystal Palace Shipperley (82) 1 - 3 Tottenham Hotspur Berti (55) Armstrong (72) Klinsmann (77) Match Report Everton Madar (38) 1 - 4 Aston Villa Joachim (12) Charles (62) Yorke (pen 72, 81) Match Report Manchester United Johnsen (83) Scholes (90) 2 - 0 Wimbledon Match Report Southampton Barnes (og 69) Le Tissier (pen 85) 2 - 1 Newcastle United Lee (46) Match Report | ||||||||||||||||
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Up to and including Monday, March 30 1998 HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A Pts GD Man Utd 32 12 2 2 37 7 7 4 5 23 16 63 37 Arsenal 29 11 2 2 30 9 5 7 2 18 17 57 22 Liverpool 31 10 2 4 31 15 5 7 3 23 19 54 20 Chelsea 30 9 2 3 28 12 6 1 9 31 23 48 24 Leeds 31 7 3 5 22 15 7 3 6 23 18 48 12 Blackburn 29 9 3 2 35 18 4 6 5 14 20 48 11 West Ham 30 11 3 1 32 10 3 2 10 12 28 47 6 Derby 30 10 3 2 28 13 3 3 9 16 27 45 4 Coventry 30 7 7 1 22 14 4 3 8 14 21 43 1 Southampton 31 10 1 5 27 18 3 3 9 14 25 43 -2 Aston Villa 32 7 3 6 22 21 5 3 8 16 21 42 -4 Leicester 30 5 7 3 16 11 5 3 7 19 21 40 3 Sheff Wed 31 8 4 4 27 22 2 3 10 18 36 37 -13 Wimbledon 29 5 3 7 16 19 4 5 5 14 15 35 -4 Newcastle 30 6 5 6 17 18 3 3 7 11 17 35 -7 Tottenham 31 6 5 4 18 19 3 2 11 14 29 34 -16 Everton 31 6 3 6 20 22 2 6 8 15 24 33 -11 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Barnsley 30 6 3 6 22 29 3 1 11 9 40 31 -38 Bolton 30 5 8 2 16 15 1 4 10 13 32 30 -18 Crystal Palace 31 0 4 10 8 29 6 4 7 19 25 26 -27 | |||||||||||||||||
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