Source: Daily_Mail
Ashley's firing spree will cost Newcastle United £15m in compensation
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. 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. Pay-off: AllardyceGone: RoederNegotiating: Keegan 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. The huge sums are on top of the £1.8m Alan Shearer will earn if he manages to keep Newcastle up.