Was the shock sacking of Ray Wilkins as No.2 at Chelsea, which reportedly has not gone down well with some of the club’s players, mainly about money? Chelsea has been seeking to balance its books ahead of the imposition of the Uefa financial fair play regulations, but has fallen short of its targets.
Was the shock sacking of Ray Wilkins as No.2 at Chelsea, which reportedly has not gone down well with some of the club’s players, mainly about money? Chelsea has been seeking to balance its books ahead of the imposition of the Uefa financial fair play regulations, but has fallen short of its targets.
Wilkins’s immediate predecessor at the club, Steve Clarke, was paid £1.2m a year, more than many Barclays Premier League managers. Clarke even received a salary of £900,000 at West Ham. Wilkins was paid £350,000 and by promoting from within the club could make a further saving.
It’s certainly quite a change from when Avram Grant was in charge at Stamford Bridge and Henk ten Cate was poached from the coach’s job at Ajax to work alongside Clarke, making them the most expensive pair of assistants in history.