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I am actually very keen to understand where this trend started? I assume the LMA managed to convince all the owners and chairmen/women that huge payouts was a good thing for all concerned, but it really does seem like a reward for failure.
This is due to managers contractual relationship with their clubs.
When you “buy” a player, you’re not actually buying them (owning human beings is thankfully frowned upon nowadays.) You’re actually paying the club to transfer their registration to to your club. A player can only be registered to play for one club at time and it is this exclusive registration that is being bought and sold.
Whereas managers are not registered to their clubs. Managers sign fixed term contracts so if another club wants to sign them they must compensate their current employers for breach of contract. In the absence of gross misconduct, sacking a manager is also breach of contract. Therefore the manager must be compensated. This isn’t new. It probably makes the news more recently as managers are paid much more than they used to be so their payoffs can now be jaw-dropping amounts.
Source - The Price of Football Podcast