Roy Hodgson paid £7.3m after Liverpool exit

03 April 2011 12:22
Roy Hodgson was given an astonishing ?7.3million pay-off by Liverpool after his six month reign at Anfield.[LNB]The manager may not feel he had a chance to shine with Kenny Dalglish in the background, but he was compensated handsomely. [LNB]When Fenway Sports Group bought Liverpool in October they were reluctant to look for a new manager and the pay-off Hodgson was due must have come into their thinking.[LNB] Past and present: Roy Hodgson (left) was paid ?7.3million after leaving Liverpool[LNB]The golden goodbye means Hodgson earned ?8.8m in total during his time at the club, which works out at ?45,833 for each of the 192 days he was in charge.[LNB]He was back in work by Valentine's Day at West Bromwich Albion and inflicting more pain on his former club with a 2-1win.[LNB]It cost Chelsea ?12.6m to jettison Luiz Felipe Scolari and his assistants in 2009 and Mark Hughes is thought to have been paid ?3m after his sacking by Manchester City.[LNB]But it is not just the biggest clubs who are paying for changing their minds about their appointments. Sam Allardyce, who was paid ?3m after he was sacked by Blackburn last December, received the same when he left Newcastle in 2008.[LNB]  West Brom 2 Liverpool 1: Hodgson's smiling after win over old employersHodgson: I had no chance - it's tough to compete with icons like Kenny All the latest Liverpool news, features and opinionAll the latest West Bromwich Albion news, features and opinion [LNB]  Explore more:People: Kenny Dalglish, Sam Allardyce, Roy Hodgson, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Mark Hughes Places: Newcastle, Liverpool

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