Revealed: The eye-watering sum Jose Mourinho has earned in severance packages as Roma become latest club to sack divisive ex-Chelsea & Real Madrid manager

Mourinho was sacked for the sixth time in his career when he was fired by Roma on Monday after winning just one of his last six matches in Serie A, culminating in a miserable 3-1 defeat at AC Milan. A study by Megadice has revealed the scale of the fortune the Portuguese manager has amassed simply by getting axed. According to their calculations, Mourinho is set to receive a pay-off of £3.7m ($4.6m) from Roma, taking the total amount he has received in severance payments to £82m ($104m).

It is by far the smallest pay-off Mourinho has received, however. According to the estimates, he received £18m ($23m) when he was fired by Chelsea in 2007 and a further £12.5m ($16m) when sacked by the Blues for a second time in 2015. Manchester United are believed to have paid him an estimated £15m ($19m) when they sacked him in December 2018, less than a year after giving him a bumper new contract. Tottenham are thought to have paid Mourinho £16m ($20m) when they parted ways with him in April 2021, just 18 months after hiring him. Real Madrid, meanwhile, are thought to have handed Mourinho £17m ($21.5m) to leave in 2013.

Mourinho is by far the richest manager in football when it comes to severance payments, with his earnings dwarfing those of his nearest challenger Antonio Conte, who has made an estimated £32.6m ($41m) from pay-offs from Inter, Tottenham and Chelsea. Conte, however, holds the record the biggest single severance payment of £26.6m ($33m) from when he was sacked by Chelsea in 2018 after winning a court case against the west London club.

Despite his patchy record with Roma and the fact he has not won a league title since lifting the Premier League with Chelsea in 2015, Mourinho's stock remains high and is likely to have no shortage of suitors. A move to the Saudi Pro League looks like being his most likely next destination although Newcastle, owned by Saudi Arabia's PIF, could be tempted to hire him if Eddie Howe's rotten run of results continues.