The costly one
£25m bill to sack Mourinho
JOSE MOURINHO would cost Spurs £25million to sack him and pay up the remaining two years of his contract.
Chairman Daniel Levy will give Mourinho a stay of execution to see if he can land the club’s first trophy since 2008 in the Carabao Cup final and a top-four finish.
But with fans in revolt against the manager’s sterile tactics after the dismal Europa League exit at the hands of Dinamo Zagreb, he has almost run out of road.
Mourinho, whose salary is believed to be in excess of £12m-a
League return next season – reaching the year, gave his players the final was worth £100m silent treatment after two years ago – is likely the defeat in Croatia. to save Mourinho now.
He claimed a change That would need of attitude was required Spurs to bridge the sixpoint to save their season and gap to former club mourinho raged: “I have this very Chelsea in fourth place. bad feeling because maybe for some people, Levy is reluctant to football is a job or a way pull the trigger, not least to make money.” as Spurs would have to
Captain Hugo Lloris find a huge lump sum. hinted at dressing room But defeat at Aston discord, branding the Villa tomorrow would 3-0 defeat a “disgrace” pile on the pressure. and adding: “It is a Mourinho admitted reflection of what is this is one of the going on in the club. toughest spells of his
“I hope everyone in managerial career and the changing room feels he added: “I honestly responsible.” don’t believe I have had
Only a Champions a similar feeling.”