Trap, Tardelli agree 30% salary drop

GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI has taken a 30% pay cut to secure his position as Republic of Ireland manager for the next two years.

The Italian flies out to Kiev today for tomorrow’s Euro 2012 finals draw with a new contract agreed after a 90 minute meeting with the FAI on Monday.

Sources close to the team management last night indicated that the two-year deal for Trap, his assistant Marco Tardelli and fitness coach Fausto Rossi is worth around €5million in total, half of which will be paid by businessman Denis O’Brien.