Football management comes with huge packs but that only increases the pressure of conjuring performances for your team.
Following a streak of bad results, Newcastle United became the latest team to sack manager Steve Bruce with reports rife that the 60-year-old has been handed an £8million pay off after the sack.
Bruce sack comes eight months before his contract was set to end with other managers having forced clubs to give them a good amount for sacking them before their contracts elapsed.
So who are the managers who went home with good money after being sacked prematurely?
The Brazilian World Cup-winning coach joined Chelsea in the summer of 2008. He would only last for seventh months as owner Abraham Abrahamovic thought he wasn't the man to steer his ship. He was paid £13.6million as a result.
