by Winston Biscuit »
23 Jan 2020 09:50
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It might be compensation related. Remember it is a football contract - normal rules don't necessarily apply.
Agreed. as discussed recently on another thread there are sacking and there are sackings. In Italy it is common that a manager is just asked to not to come to work anymore but will still keep getting paid until the end of their contract, unless they get another job, at which point they have essentially volunteered to cancel their contract. This avoids big compensation payouts. There have been clubs who effectively have 3 managers with 2 reported as being sacked over the previous year or 2 but in reality they are sitting at home still being paid for being the manager
So gardening leave?
kind of I guess, but isn't gardening/garden leave when you have handed in your notice and the employer doesn't want you hanging around during that period or there could be a conflict of interest with the new job? The Italian method is more a case of 'we have decided to go with someone else, don't bother coming in for the remainder of your 3 year contract and we will still pay you your monthly wage, but if you take up another job then you are breaking the terms of that contract so we will cancel it'
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