Franchise Notes: ManU's Bonus Scheme For '09-10 Season Revealed By Football Leaks

Documents detailing how much ManU paid its players in bonuses in the '09-10 season "have been released by whistle-blowing website Football Leaks." It appears to show how £5.25M would be distributed to the squad if it won the Champions League, £2.5M for the Premier League title, £1M for the FA Cup and £500,000 for the League Cup (London DAILY MAIL, 2/7). ... Serie A side AC Milan’s parent company Fininvest denied talks with Bee Taechaubol had "broken down" in favor of Chinese investors. The report emerged in La Repubblica newspaper this morning, claiming the negotiations with Bee "had been abandoned." Fininvest released a statement a few hours later "dismissing the suggestions" and complaining that "it had little or nothing to do with the facts, a detail that evidently people now consider to be marginal" (FOOTBALL ITALIA, 2/7).