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The Times August 10, 2009 - Peter Lansley
Notts County get Sven-Goran Eriksson on the cheap
Former England head coach to earn basic salary of only £250,000 at League Two outfit, contrary to many inflated reports
The Times has learnt that Sven- Göran Eriksson will earn a basic £250,000 a year at Notts County and will take his salary into the million-pound range only if he hits a number of ambitious targets.
Eriksson’s five-year contract could yield a maximum income of £5 million if:
• he leads the team into the Barclays Premier League
• produces a home-grown player who goes on to play international football
• upgrades County’s centre of excellence to academy status.
The former England head coach has been castigated as a mercenary for taking a job as director of football at Meadow Lane but figures suggesting that he will earn an annual income of £2million or a £1 million bonus for leading the team to the Coca-Cola League title this season are inaccurate.
Eriksson’s reign got off to a flying start on Saturday as the team managed by Ian McParland beat Bradford City 5-0. The crowd of 9,396 was more than double last season’s average and, after fighting against relegation to the Blue Square Premier for four of the past five years, the Swede’s arrival has highlighted a prompt upsurge in the club’s prospects.
Munto International, the Middle-East based company, is financing County’s bid to charge up to the Premier League but details of Eriksson’s contract underline a determination to sustain the development.
Incentives include winning the three Coca-Cola League titles available but also focus on nurturing the club’s grass roots in a manner that has been cast as being beyond the cosmopolitan former Lazio, Benfica and Manchester City manager.
In order to earn the maximum £5 million over the period of his contract, Eriksson would have to oversee an academy graduate winning an international cap. As the club are still in search of their own training ground, and need to upgrade their centre of excellence into an academy, the full extent of the challenge that Eriksson has taken on becomes clear. Also, Eriksson’s targets are to introduce a full interactive programme between the club and local schools.
Eriksson, 61, insisted when he was presented to the media last month that he had joined the club “for the challenge”. He said: “If it was for the money, I could have earned much much more elsewhere.”
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article6789374.ece
The Times August 10, 2009 - Peter Lansley
Notts County get Sven-Goran Eriksson on the cheap
Former England head coach to earn basic salary of only £250,000 at League Two outfit, contrary to many inflated reports
The Times has learnt that Sven- Göran Eriksson will earn a basic £250,000 a year at Notts County and will take his salary into the million-pound range only if he hits a number of ambitious targets.
Eriksson’s five-year contract could yield a maximum income of £5 million if:
• he leads the team into the Barclays Premier League
• produces a home-grown player who goes on to play international football
• upgrades County’s centre of excellence to academy status.
The former England head coach has been castigated as a mercenary for taking a job as director of football at Meadow Lane but figures suggesting that he will earn an annual income of £2million or a £1 million bonus for leading the team to the Coca-Cola League title this season are inaccurate.
Eriksson’s reign got off to a flying start on Saturday as the team managed by Ian McParland beat Bradford City 5-0. The crowd of 9,396 was more than double last season’s average and, after fighting against relegation to the Blue Square Premier for four of the past five years, the Swede’s arrival has highlighted a prompt upsurge in the club’s prospects.
Munto International, the Middle-East based company, is financing County’s bid to charge up to the Premier League but details of Eriksson’s contract underline a determination to sustain the development.
Incentives include winning the three Coca-Cola League titles available but also focus on nurturing the club’s grass roots in a manner that has been cast as being beyond the cosmopolitan former Lazio, Benfica and Manchester City manager.
In order to earn the maximum £5 million over the period of his contract, Eriksson would have to oversee an academy graduate winning an international cap. As the club are still in search of their own training ground, and need to upgrade their centre of excellence into an academy, the full extent of the challenge that Eriksson has taken on becomes clear. Also, Eriksson’s targets are to introduce a full interactive programme between the club and local schools.
Eriksson, 61, insisted when he was presented to the media last month that he had joined the club “for the challenge”. He said: “If it was for the money, I could have earned much much more elsewhere.”
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article6789374.ece