Roger Schmidt, the 57-year-old German was sacked at the end
of August as the coach of Benfica. The Lisbon club announced on Tuesday that
his is to receive 8.7 million euro. as severance pay.
Benfica informed the Portuguese stock exchange (CMVM) that
it had “reached an agreement” with Roger Schmidt, who joined the club 2022 with
the contract that will end in 2026.
Schmidt who in the 2022/2023 season landed the club’s 38th
league title, was sacked after the fourth day of the league campaign. He was
replaced by coach Bruno Lage who has taken the club to second after 13 matches.