Spiralling cost of sack race

ALMOST £100 million was spent by Barclays Premier League and Football League clubs on changing managers last season, the League Managers’ Association (LMA) has revealed.

Spiralling cost of sack race

Figures released by the LMA for The Sacking Season, a documentary aired on BBC Radio 5 Live last night, show the cost of compensation, legal fees and ‘double contracts’ amount to £99m.

A ‘double contract’ is when a sacked manager’s contract is honoured until a certain point in time but his replacement also requires a salary.

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