Source: Daily_Mail
Kasper Schmeichel's exit will save League Two Notts County £200k
Notts County goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel will be entitled to astaggering £200,000 bonus if he helps the stricken League Two club winpromotion this season. [LNB]That was part of the five-year contract offered to Schmeichel whenhe joined the club from Manchester City and highlights the recklessspending that has brought the club to its knees. [LNB]The clearout has begun under new owner Ray Trew - who bought thecash-strapped club for £1 from Peter Trembling last week - withdirector of football Sven Goran Eriksson the first big-name casualty.[LNB] Happier times: Kasper Schmeichel in action for Notts County[LNB] Eriksson went having turned down a £2.4million pay-off he was entitled to, although he will bid a formal farewell at Craven Cottage today when County take on Premier League Fulham in the FA Cup fifth round.[LNB] And Trew plans to waste no time jettisoning Schmeichel and some of his highly-paid team-mates who were lured to Meadow Lane last summer on vast wages with the promise of a Premier League dream within five years. [LNB]Schmeichel and the rest of the County players will have to put their career fears on hold if they are to pull off a shock and defeat Roy Hodgson's Fulham this afternoon. And that is precisely what Eriksson demanded before he left the club. Sven Goran Eriksson bemoans Notts County backers' broken promises'Gentleman' Sven Goran Eriksson rejected £2m Notts County pay-offFulham boss Roy Hodgson urges Sven Goran Eriksson to throw in the towel at crisis-club Notts CountyFULHAM v Notts County: Roy Hodgson to go unchanged with Zoltan Gera among absentees[LNB] [LNB]
