Manchester United would miss out on a staggering £70m if they fail to qualify for next season's Champions League.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side are in pole position to finish in a top four position ahead of the final games on the season on Sunday, with their 1-1 draw against West Ham on Wednesday moving them into third place in the Premier League.
They are level on points with Chelsea and just one above Leicester, however, who they face in a do-or-die clash at the King Power Stadium this weekend.
A defeat to the Foxes along with a positive result for Chelsea against Wolves would see the Red Devils slip out of the top four, and according to the Daily Mail this could see them lose out on a huge £70m.
It would mean they would be playing Europa League football next season, unless they were to win the competition this season and qualify for the Champions League through that avenue.
Qualification for the Champions League alone is worth around £80m, which is some £50m more than it is worth to play in the Europa League.
United would potentially also lose another £20m from their lucrative kit deal with Adidas, with a clause in their deal with the sports branding giants which states their annual £75m fee will be cut if the club are not playing in the Champions League two seasons in a row.
It means the clash against Leicester on Sunday is arguably United's biggest game of the season, but Solskjaer appeared in a confident mood when speaking ahead of the game.
"Let's get this game out of the way and get third position and continue the growth and the journey this team's on," he said.
"Of course we've had some hard times this season, some setbacks, but I think we've shown and we've proved that this is a team going places.
"If we get a result against Leicester, I think everyone will say that this journey has been a good one."
