Manchester United revealed last week that it cost £19.6 million to sack Jose Mourinho and his coaches in December. If proof was ever needed that finding the right manager can be an expensive business, it was laid out in black and white, halfway down a press release about United's financial figures, under the section marked "exceptional items."
Chelsea, who face United in Monday's FA Cup fifth round tie at Stamford Bridge (watch on ESPN+ on Monday at 2:30 p.m. ET), know all about sacking managers too. When they dispensed with Mourinho during his second spell in charge in December 2015, the compensation package amounted to £8.