­Sánchez admitted that he has failed to show his best form since joining United

José Mourinho is annoyed that his players are spending too much time promoting Manchester United’s sponsors, rather than concentrating on improving their game on the training pitch. The club revealed in September that they had earned £581.2 million over the course of the year, with much of their revenue coming from their vast number of sponsorship deals.

United have 46 official sponsors, many of whom pump millions of pounds into the club such as Adidas, United’s kit supplier, and Chevrolet, which sponsors the shirts of the first team and youth teams. United have an official UK, Ireland and Germany coffee partner, Melitta, and Apollo is the club’s official tyre partner.

Under the terms of their contracts, many of United’s sponsors are entitled to time with