Manchester United are selling three of the dressing room's highest-earning players

Fascinating fly-on-the-wall footage of Omar Berrada discussing Manchester City's wage structure with Txiki Begiristain did the rounds when Manchester United appointed Berrada as CEO last year. The clip was from ripped from a City documentary but it was worth watching.

Berrada reiterated the importance of maintaining a sensible wage structure and said City needed to "resist" when they faced pressure form players and agents for an increase salary.

The 46-year-old compared City's wage structure to how much other European clubs pay their players and seemed content with paying the fourth highest wages, given their success.

Berrada defected from blue to red at the beginning of last year and he was Ineos' first major appointment ahead of officially acquiring a minority stake at United. "The club is determined to put football and performance on the pitch back at the heart of everything we do. Omar’s appointment represents the first step on this journey," read the statement confirming his arrival.

Unsurprisingly, United were one of the three clubs who paid higher wages than City in the documentary and Berrada now has the responsibility of lowering the wage bill at Old Trafford.

United have spent an unfathomable sum on transfers and wages in the last 12 years and don't have much to show for it, so addressing the wage structure has been a priority for Ineos.

Ineos have made a list of questionable decisions since taking control of football operations, such as making 250 staff redundant, making staff pay for travel to Wembley and charging fans £66 for tickets, but trying to bring players' wages down isn't something they can be criticised for.

United have been overly generous wages for far too long and that needed to be addressed.