Ashley's firing spree will cost Newcastle United £15m in compensation

04 April 2009 23:13
Newcastle's hiring and firing spree in the past two years will costthe club £15million in compensation once the costs of removing DennisWise and Kevin Keegan are taken into account. [LNB]Since Glenn Roeder was sacked and Sam Allardyce appointed as managerin May 2007, Newcastle have embarked on an astonishing turnover ofcoaching staff under owner Mike Ashley.[LNB] Pay-off: Allardyce[LNB]Gone: Roeder[LNB]Negotiating: Keegan[LNB]  NEWCASTLE UNITED FC: All the latest news from across the webNewcastle 0 Chelsea 2: Hiddink's masters highlight Shear task of reviving the Toon Shearer insists: It's eight games only for me at NewcastlePayouts for Roeder, Allardyce and their staffs totalled £5.72m and the club will now have to pay Wise more than £1m in addition to a potential £8m that is claimed by Keegan and is currently being negotiated. [LNB]The huge sums are on top of the £1.8m Alan Shearer will earn if he manages to keep Newcastle up.[LNB] [LNB]  

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