Roberto Martinez and Everton heading for £10million compensation battle

[Khalekan]

When he signed that extension there was talk of Barcelona poaching him from us.

It all seems like a dream now, doesn't it

 

[mmmmsnouts]

Pay him off £72 at a time.

 

[Papa Shango]

If thats what his contract said then he is well within his rights to claim for it.

Why are we all being so precious? Its not "our" money.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Typical maneuvering by lawyers before a settlement, of course they are going to take an initial position that he is paid the full amount contractually due him.

Even if we end up agree to pay his full salary it will likely only be until he gets another job and he doesn't seem the type to pack it all in at the age of 42.

 

[bobbydigital]

If he's due 10.5m over the next 3 years, I would imagine 5m seems a fair amount to buy out his contract. Unfortunately for us, job prospects for him don't look to flash so he will probably be fighting for all he can get, as unfathomable as that sounds when comparing a 5m payout to what we all get paid.

 

[BiggyRat]

At the end of the day, it all boils down to what was written in the contract. If he's having a crack at a full payout, then that tells me that there probably wasn't any performance criteria built in & his sacking wasn't within the realms of the contract.

If that's the case, then I think he has the upper hand however, Everton could play hardball and go into great detail about his tenure, which could potentially be embarrassing for Martinez. It's all just legal manoeuvring at the moment & will probably never make it to court.

The positive from this is that Farhad will have a long hard look at other contracts that are current to see what else is a time bomb at the club.

 

[4737carlin]

Horrible man, hope this puts anyone off ever working with him again.

 

[RomanReigns]

a contract is a contract at the end of the day, these things are watertight especially at this level

probably the best job going in the world is being a manager, if you do crap you still end up with millions in compensation.

 

[Huyton Layne]

Wow just wow. Pretty sure even the yanks have stopped letting individuals own people of African nationality.

 

[malmic]

We made a huge mistake and have to pay for it

If we give him Niaise who cost 13 million would he accept?

At least we got rid

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Is that an £89.5 million 'war chest'now then?!!

 

[TheFinnFan]

L O L non story this.

 

[ijjysmith]

Don't believe everything you read.

 

[russiandog]

Entitled to it or some of it no matter how abysmal he was. No call for the horrible little man business up to the club lawyers to sort that sort of thing out.

 

[The Esk]

As stated previously there will be a termination clause in his contract. Termination and settlement will have occurred in this financial year, so was never going to happen before June 1st.