Roman Abramovich is ready to pay an astonishing £11million to rid himself of Jose Mourinho.

It would take a record compensation fee to pay off Chelsea boss Mourinho at the end of the season but relations between owner and manager have reached such a low that Abramovich is willing to sanction the payment.

Mourinho earns £5m a year and is contracted until 2010 but a clause in his contract means Chelsea are protected...up to a point.

He would receive full salary for the first remaining year, 75 per cent for the second, and just 50 per cent for the final year - making a total of £11m.