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Man United's Ed Woodward to talk to investors amid Pogba investigation

Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward will field calls from investors on Tuesday, less than a week after the publication of claims that agent Mino Raiola earned £41 million from the world-record £89.3m transfer of Paul Pogba from Juventus to Old Trafford.

FIFA has opened an investigation into the transfer after the allegations were published in the book, "Football Leaks: The Dirty Business of Football," last week.

United have maintained that FIFA has had possession of all documents relating to the transfer since it was concluded last August, but with the club due to publish their third quarter accounts on Tuesday at 1 p.m. (8 a.m. ET), the issue could be raised by investors during a conference call with Woodward following the publication of the club's financial figures.

Last month, the Football Association published figures displaying the amounts paid to agents by clubs between February 2016 and January 2017, with United found to have paid £19,000,973 to agents and intermediaries during that period.

Manchester City had the highest bill, with the Abu Dhabi-owned club paying £26,286,988 in agents' fees.

United are obliged to publish quarterly accounts due to their listing on the New York Stock Exchange and their third-quarter (Q3) figures are expected to show that the club remains on course to post revenues of £540m in this financial year.

Having qualified for the Europa League final against Ajax in Stockholm on May 24, United stand to earn almost £40m from their participation in UEFA's secondary competition.

But a failure to win the Europa League, and secure Champions League qualification next season, will see United trigger a penalty clause in their £750m 10-year kit deal with Adidas.

If United fail to qualify for the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, they will be hit with a 30 percent cut in their annual £75m payment.

That figure, £22.5m, will be taken off the remainder of the contract rather than applied in whole in one season, however, leaving United with an annual shortfall of around £2.5m for the remainder of the contract.