This is how RELEASE Mourinho cost CHELSEA

The release manager Jose Mourinho in 2015 cost the Chelsea 8.3 million pounds (9.5 million euros) in damages, discovered the financial report of the London club for the 2015/16 season.

Mourinho, who is now manager of Manchester United, he was dismissed in December 2015 because of poor results in the season in which Chelsea defended the title of champion of England. "The Blues" at the end of the competition in the Premier League won tenth place and the financial report for the 2015/16 season shows financial loss of 70.6 million pounds (80.8 million euros).

The loss includes an early termination of a sponsorship contract with Adidas, which cost Chelsea 67 million pounds (76.7 million euros). The club is on the move decided to sign financially lucrative 15-year contract with Nike, which had guaranteed 30 million pounds (34.3 million euros) more per year. A ten-year contract with Adidas, which is Chelsea terminated after six years, was worth 30 million pounds a year.

• 14 Jan, 2017
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