Trapattoni takes a six-figure hit

GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI’S pay cut as Ireland manager is estimated to represent a reduction of some €100,000 in the Italian’s €1.8 million salary. And it has emerged that it took him just half a minute to agree the wage reduction.

Further details of the cut — which was exclusively revealed in the Irish Examiner last week — came out yesterday at the official launch of the Europa League final in Dublin, when Trapattoni confirmed the reduction and FAI boss John Delaney explained how the deal was struck.

Said Delaney: “I met him in Milan, maybe a couple of weeks ago, to discuss a range of issues. It was one of the topics we discussed. He said that the next time he came to Ireland, he would make it clear that he was taking a wage cut. And he felt it was important that he would do so. So I am glad that he is here today and that he can inform the media and the Irish public as well.”