Tottenham sack Jose Mourinho

TOTTENHAM have sacked Jose Mourinho with the club on course to miss out on Champions League football next season — although he is still set to walk away with up to £20 million in compensation. Mourinho (58) replaced Mauricio Pochettino in November 2019, but has now been dismissed after a dismal Premier League campaign and failure in the Europa League.

LONDON — Tottenham have sacked Jose Mourinho (pictured) with the club on course to miss out on Champions League football next season — although he is still set to walk away with up to £20 million in compensation.

Mourinho (58) replaced Mauricio Pochettino in November 2019, but has now been dismissed after a dismal Premier League campaign and failure in the Europa League.

The bombshell axing comes less than a week before Tottenham are set to take on Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley.

A statement read: “The Club can today announce that Jose Mourinho and his coaching staff Joao Sacramento, Nuno Santos, Carlos Lalin and Giovanni Cerra have been relieved of their duties.”

Chairman Daniel Levy said: “Jose and his coaching staff have been with us through some of our most challenging times as a Club. Jose is a true professional who showed enormous resilience during the pandemic. On a personal level I have enjoyed working with him and regret that things have not worked out as we both had envisaged.

“He will always be welcome here and we should like to thank him and his coaching staff for their contribution.”

Mourinho has parted ways just hours after it was confirmed that Tottenham will join the controversial European Super League.

Sportsmail understands that Mourinho leaves with significantly less than the widely purported £30m compensation package he was said to be due.

Sources have claimed that his package will not go over £20m due to performance-related clauses in his contract linked to European qualification and his £10m-per-season salary.

Mourinho will be placed on gardening leave by Tottenham despite his dismissal, meaning Spurs will continue to pay him as normal until he finds new employment.

As a result of Spurs’ poor league position, Mourinho is effectively not entitled to his full compensation. Spurs are seventh in the Premier League, five points off the final Champions League place, currently occupied by West Ham.

Initial indications that Mourinho was earning £15m per season are said to be exaggerated.

His basic wage is closer to £10m, which significantly decreases his severance deal.

It has been claimed that coaches Ryan Mason and Chris Powell are set to take the reins for the rest of the season.

Mason was in charge of first-team training yesterday.

The search has now begun for a permanent successor to Mourinho — with an appointment expected this summer.

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