Jose Mourinho has signed a pre-contract agreement with Manchester United in which he will be due up to £15 million in compensation if he's not named the manager by June 1st.

Last week, Mourinho said he wants to join a new club in the summer after “reading and listening to a few lies” about his future.

According to the Spanish newspaper El País on Saturday night, a source from his agent Jorge Mendes’s company Gestifute has now confirmed the 53-year-old has already signed an agreement to move to Old Trafford last month, although United still reserve the right to change their mind.

“If United do not sign the final contract [with Mourinho] before 1 May, they must pay £5m; if by 1 June he’s still not signed, they shall pay another £10m,” read the report. “May is the key, because it’s the month in which the vast majority of the signings of players are closed and the plans formed.”