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Blackburn to pay Henning Berg £2.25million
BLACKBURN have been ordered to pay £2.25million in compensation to former manager Henning Berg.
Former Rovers defender Berg’s spell in charge was brought to an end 57 days into a three-year contract last December, after one victory from 10 matches.
The case argued by Blackburn was that managing director Derek Shaw acted without authority from the owners, Venky’s, in granting Berg a contract that entitled him to full payment of his agreement in the event of an early dismissal. The owners’ preference was a 12-month notice period.
But in the High Court Judge Mark Pelling dismissed the notion that Shaw lacked the authority to finalise the terms of Berg’s deal.