Royle ordered to repay City £423,000

IPSWICH boss Joe Royle was yesterday ordered to repay the £423,000 compensation he was awarded after he was sacked as Manchester City manager.

The 55-year-old sued City when he received only a fraction of the package he claimed he was due after losing his job in 2001.

Royle was paid only £150,000, less tax and national insurance, based on what his salary would have been had he continued with the club relegated from the top flight.