Spanish outlet AS have published a story showing all the big spending that Roman Abramovich has accepted just to sack managers at Chelsea.
They start claiming that the club have spent €1.85bn during the Russian’s 16 seasons as a chairman, and even though that sounds a lot and would likely be arguable, the money used to fire coaches is more absurd.
AS claims that with Antonio Conte now demanding £20m for his departure, Chelsea could get to £99.1m spent on sacking managers.
It’s claimed that the most expensive sacking was José Mourinho’s first one, when Abramovich spent £18m. Then comes Luiz Felipe Scolari with £12.6m. They’re followed by André Villas Boas with £12m, Roberto Di Matteo with £10.1m, José Mourinho again with £8.3m, and Claudio Ranieri, Avram Grant and Carlo Ancelotti all with £6m each.
AS credits the research to sources such as Transfermarkt, The Independent, BBC and The Mirror. They add that Abramovich has also ‘fired’ Adidas, who got £67m from their contract recision.
Attached below, there’s AS’ list (in Euros).
