Jose Mourinho Did Not Get Full Severance Pay after Being Fired by Tottenham Hotspur

DBasia.news – European football is having horrendous news. Less than 24 hours of the announcement of the establishment of the European Super League, Tottenham Hotspur, which incidentally one of the founders, fired their Portuguese manager, Jose Mourinho.

The inconsistent performance of Harry Kane et al, who are now in seventh place in the Premier League standings, is the cause of Daniel Levy, the President of Tottenham sacking the former Chelsea and Manchester United coach.

“Jose and his coaching staff have been with us through some of the most challenging times as a club. Jose is a true professional who has shown extraordinary resilience during the pandemic,” said Levy on Tottenham’s official website.

“Personally, I am happy to work with him and regret that things did not go the way we both imagined. He will always be welcome here and we want to thank him and his coaching staff for their contribution.”

Ryan Mason will fill Tottenham’s coaching chair for a while while waiting for the club to choose Mourinho’s successor. The 58-year-old manager has been sacked twice in a row after being sacked by Manchester United in December 2018.

Mourinho has coached Tottenham replacing Mauricio Pochettino since November 2019. Two years less training Spurs Mourinho was fired without being able to give a single title to Tottenham.

“The club today can announce that Jose Mourinho and his coaching staff Joao Sacramento, Nuno Santos, Carlos Lalin and Giovanni Cerra have been released (sacked),” said a statement on Tottenham’s official website.

Jose Mourinho’s severance pay

Mourinho was fired before his contract expired. This means that the manager gets severance pay or advice from Tottenham. The public is quite curious about the nominal he got. Mourinho did get it but not full.

As reported by the Mirror Mourinho will lose around £14 million from the £34 million total severance pay he can receive from Tottenham. The nominal amount is around £14 million.

However, Mourinho still received £ 16 million from Tottenham. The reason Tottenham did not give him full compensation was because there was a clause related to the team’s performance.

In that case Mourinho was unable to fulfill the clause so that Tottenham did not have to pay Mourinho’s £34 million severance pay in full.