José Mourinho and his coaching staff received a severance package worth £8.3m when they were dismissed by Chelsea in December 2015. The manager is now at Manchester United, where he is enjoying an eye-catching nine-game winning run leading up to the Premier League game against Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday.

His second spell at Chelsea ended badly after a disastrous defence of the title he had won the previous season. He and his assistants, Rui Faria and Silvino Louro, were sacked with the club one point above the relegation zone.

In a document available at Companies House, Chelsea refer to “termination payments and compensation totalling £8.3m in relation to the changes in the first-team management during the year”.

Mourinho had signed a contract at Stamford Bridge in August 2015 that was worth £13m a year.

The figures also show Chelsea paid £67m to their kit manufacturer, Adidas, to end their deal six years early. They have agreed a new contract with Nike, which will begin next season and is worth £60m a year for the next 15 years. The agreement with Adidas was worth £30m a year.