Breaking news: Just in from Fabrizio Romano as Ole Gunnar solksjaer finally gets his new job ,as Harry Maguire is set to join him in his new team as deal agreed for star defender and Manchester United names new captain ,not ronaldo but a top star .

 It has been revealed that Manchester

 United paid Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

 around nine million euros - or 7.5m 

pounds - in compensation after 

deciding to part ways with the Norwegian

 coach earlier this season.

In total, Solskjaer and his backroom 

staff - which consisted of Michael Carrick

, Kieran McKenna and Martyn 

Pert - received more than 10m euros

 after they were sacked by the Red Devils.

"Exceptional items for the quarter 

were a cost of 10 million pounds," 

read a Manchester United statement

 in the club's latest accounts.

"This cost includes compensation to 

the former men's first team manager 

and certain members of the coaching 

staff for loss of office, plus additional 

contributions we expect to pay towards

 the Football League pension scheme

 deficit based upon the latest actuarial

 valuation."

New coach ahead of Manchester

 United's 2022/23 campaign

Meanwhile, football director John 

Murtough has officially confirmed 

that Manchester United are in search 

of a coach to replace Ralf Rangnick in 

summer, with Paris Saint-Germain's

 Mauricio Pochettino and Ajax's Erik 

ten Hag considered to be the main

 suitors for the job.

"We are now conducting a thorough 

process for the appointment of a new 

permanent manager who will take 

charge this summer, with the objective

 to get us back to challenging for 

domestic and European titles,"

 Murtough said.

Solskjaer was fired back in November

 after struggling to help Manchester 

United rediscover their form. The Reds

 Devils were knocked out in the third 

round of the Carabao Cup under the 

Norwegian coach and failed to progress 

to the fifth round of the FA Cup under

 Rangnick.

They are, though, the favourites to 

progress to the Champions League 

quarter-finals after drawing 1-1 against

 Atletico Madrid at the Estadio Wanda

 Metropolitano.

Meanwhile, their realistic objective 

in the Premier League this season is 

to clinch a top four spot and qualification

 for next year's Champions League 

group stage.