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Ill-discipline has a price at Chelsea

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Source: Statista

Frank Lampard is running a tight ship at Chelsea and he has imposed a strict disciplinary regime on his young squad. An internal list of player fines was leaked to the Daily Mail and it is understood to be authentic. Being late is something Lampard simply won’t tolerate and fines for being late for meetings start at £500, a sum the offender would have to pay every minute up to his arrival. Being late for medical appointments and treatment come to £2,500.

A player arriving late for training would have to fork over £20,000. If that wasn’t enough, any fine outstanding fine not paid after 14 days gets doubled. Despite the seemingly heavy fines, most Chelsea players will be able to deal with an offense comfortably due to their huge salaries. For example, goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga and midfielder Ngolo Kante are believed to earn £150,000 a week.

Can Mourinho End Spurs’ Silverware Drought?

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Things have moved fast in North London over the last 12 hours. After announcing the parting of ways with manager Mauricio Pochettino, Tottenham Hotspur unveiled their new head coach this morning – José Mourinho. The now departed Argentine enjoyed a very positive spell at the club over the last four years, but was unable to convert this positivity and progress into silverware. In fact, as this infographic shows, there have been no major new additions to the Spurs trophy cabinet since the 2007/08 season when they triumphed in the League Cup – this in itself was the first major honour for the club since they won the same competition in 1998/99.

Their new manager however, has a CV which speaks for itself. Since Tottenham’s last honour, the Portuguese has brought home 13 trophies to his respective clubs – Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester United. There will be optimism that José can inject some of this much-needed winning DNA into the club but, in perhaps equal measure, there will be concerns among Spurs’ fans – alarmed by the trend of Mourinho-led clubs achieving rapid short-term success followed by an equally fast descent into negativity and toxicity and an early managerial exit.