Sir Jim Ratcliffe planning radical Man United bonus scheme which could have huge impact on senior players

Sir Jim Ratcliffe's deal to takeover 25 per cent of Manchester United has been completed and he is now planning to implement a new policy which has born fruit at rivals Manchester City.

Ratcliffe's £1.25bn investment in United has recently been completed, meaning his INEOS firm now owns around a quarter of the Red Devils and have taken over the club's football operations, with the Glazer family holding the majority of the club's shares but no longer in overall control.

United were quiet and made no signings in the January transfer window - a common theme across the Premier League - and are currently sit sixth in the Premier League table as they aim to achieve Champions League football next season.

What happens in the summer - the first transfer window Ratcliffe and INEOS will have been in situ for at Old Trafford - will be an intriguing one with both ins and outs.

In the past decade, United have become infamous for paying out big salaries to players and huge transfer fees, but this investment has not materialised into silverware and success anywhere close to the likes of rivals City and Liverpool.

One smart move United have made is to recruit Omar Berrada from the Etihad Stadium club, where he has been Chief Football Operations Officer for the City Football Group.

The former Barcelona man will become United's next chief executive when he takes up his post.

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And Ratcliffe is intending to implement a policy which has worked so well at City with finances in mind to ensure that salaries do not inflate to the levels they have done in the past - and if it does then it will only happen with success.

According to the Daily Mirror, Ratcliffe has made it a mission to get United's spiralling wage bill firmly under control and will be giving Berrada a brief to do just that, with a policy that worked so well as City.

The new United part-owner wants a bonus-led pay structure to be implemented to ensure that larger wages of more than £300,000-a-week are only handed out when success is achieved.

At City, the squad enjoyed bumper pay days in bonuses when trophies were won and they got their share of the prize money.

This is a policy which could take years to implement, as United will have to honour existing contracts with players, unless they can be moved on or re-sign on reduced terms.

United will hope the policy can, in time, help to deliver the success it has done across Manchester.