The English Football Association has revealed it saved money on supplying former manager Fabio Capello with a severance package.
The FA and the Italian parted ways in February last year but Capello's contract would have seen him paid until July 2012 if he couldn't come to an agreement with the association.
FA General Secretary Alex Horne has confirmed that a severance was put forward to Capello who accepted prior to Roy Hodgson taking the role on a smaller salary than his predecessor.
"Roy earns less than Fabio did." said Horne. "The deal with Fabio is confidential.
"In reality, because we were without a manager for a period, we didn't pay Fabio any more than we would have done in the period that we didn't have a manager.
"We paid him a small amount of money as severance but it was less than what we would have paid him if he had stayed working until the European Championships, significantly.
"Roy started work just before the Euros, so we saved money."
