It has been revealed that Manchester United had to provide hefty payoffs to get Jonny Evans and Javier Hernandez off the books.
The Daily Star Sunday reported that Evans and striker Hernandez are understood to have received pay-offs of £1.5m each.
Hernandez, 27, moved to Bayer Leverkusen for £7.3m last month.
And Evans, also 27, joined West Brom for £6m.