Former FA head slammed
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March 30, 2011, Wednesday
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LEADERS of England's Football Association criticized the body's former chairman yesterday for removing an escape clause from coach Fabio Capello's contract before the World Cup without consulting the board.
Former chairman David Triesman agreed to the amendment just before resigning after being caught in an unrelated newspaper sting into World Cup voting corruption.
"I'll hold my hands up on behalf of David Triesman and say, in hindsight, it was a whole board decision (to remove the clause) and should have gone to the whole board," FA general secretary Alex Horne told a British parliamentary inquiry into football governance. "It did not go to the whole board ... the decision has been reviewed internally and we hold our hands up to a corporate governance mistake."
England reached the second round at the World Cup but lost to Germany. Had the clause been in place, Capello or the FA would have been able to activate a cut-price deal to terminate the coach's four-year contract early. "Within that contract was a clause allowing either party to terminate for an amount of liquidated damages," said Horne.
After the loss to Germany, many England fans wanted Capello to be fired. But after the contract amendment, that would likely have proved too costly for the FA. Capello's contract is worth 6 million pounds (US$10 million) annually.
Former chairman David Triesman agreed to the amendment just before resigning after being caught in an unrelated newspaper sting into World Cup voting corruption.
"I'll hold my hands up on behalf of David Triesman and say, in hindsight, it was a whole board decision (to remove the clause) and should have gone to the whole board," FA general secretary Alex Horne told a British parliamentary inquiry into football governance. "It did not go to the whole board ... the decision has been reviewed internally and we hold our hands up to a corporate governance mistake."
England reached the second round at the World Cup but lost to Germany. Had the clause been in place, Capello or the FA would have been able to activate a cut-price deal to terminate the coach's four-year contract early. "Within that contract was a clause allowing either party to terminate for an amount of liquidated damages," said Horne.
After the loss to Germany, many England fans wanted Capello to be fired. But after the contract amendment, that would likely have proved too costly for the FA. Capello's contract is worth 6 million pounds (US$10 million) annually.
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