LONDON: Sacking Italian manager Antonio Conte in July 2018 cost Chelsea 26.6 million pounds in compensation and legal fees, according to the Premier League club's accounts for the 2018-19 season.
The accounts, published on the Companies House website, said exceptional items of 26.6 million pounds related to"changes in respect of the men's team management and coaching staff, together with associated legal costs."Exceptional items in the previous year of 6.0 million related entirely to the buyback of retail, licensing and sponsorship rights.
The Daily Telegraph reported that the firing of nine permanent managers in the Abramovich era had cost more than 90 million pounds.
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