Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 10:48 AM• Rian Rosendaal

José Mourinho was fired for the fifth time in his career on Monday. Despite an ongoing contract until 2023, Tottenham Hotspur decided to prematurely end the cooperation with the Portuguese manager. From a financial point of view, not a very hard blow for Mourinho, who is said to be able to count on a ‘bad money’ of over twenty million euros. Over the years, the total amount of the various lump sum payments has risen to almost one hundred million euros, according to reports in the English media.

Mourinho had some very successful years at Chelsea, but he was nevertheless fired in 2007 after a series of disappointing results. The ongoing commitment was bought off by the club management, according to the trainer Subway converted 26.8 million euros. Mourinho’s second spell at Stamford Bridge also ended in resignation, despite winning the league title in 2015. Later that year, he was thrown out after a dramatic series in the Premier League. This time, the lump sum was ‘only’ 9.6 million euros, the lowest amount the coach ever received after a premature departure from a club.

When Real Madrid left in 2013, the severance pay was according to The Telegraph again a lot higher: 19.7 million euros. More than five years later, in the last weeks of 2018, Mourinho was put on hold by the Manchester United board. The Red Devils were obliged to give the Portuguese 22.7 million euros, according to the financial documents of the superpower. The fifth dismissal interview followed on Monday at Tottenham, the club that brought in Mourinho after sending Mauricio Pochettino away in November 2019.

Mourinho benefits from the fact that his contract with the finalist in the EFL Cup continued for more than two more seasons. The Daily Mail mentions an amount of converted 23.2 million euros (2 annual salaries), while The Independent currently holds EUR 17.4 million. With the amount of the latter newspaper in mind, the total amount in terms of surrender sums for Mourinho and his assistants after the fifth premature departure from a club comes to 96.2 million euros. The manager who was dismissed from Tottenham only opted for a departure at Internazionale. After the Champions League victory in 2010, he switched to Real.