The dismissal of Antonio Conte on Thursday means Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has shelled out almost £90m to sacked managers during his reign.
The Sun says Conte is set to pocket a monster £9million to leave Stamford Bridge for good.
Remarkably, it is the NINTH time in the Roman Abramovich era a boss has been handed a monster sum to leave peacefully.
In fact, the amount Chelsea have paid out to axed bosses now stands at an incredible £89.3m, including Conte.
Jose Mourinho's first Chelsea sacking in 2007 cost the club an outrageous £18m - with his 2015 firing an additional £9.5m.
Luiz Filipe Scolari (£12.6m), Andre Villas-Boas (£12m) and Roberto Di Matteo (£10.7m) have all cost the club more than £10m to part ways.
Meanwhile, Avram Grant, Claudio Ranieri and Carlo Ancelotti have all cost well over £5m apiece in pay-outs.
Now Chelsea look set for even more financial frustration as they will almost certainly need to pay off EIGHT of Conte's backroom staff.
Sacked Chelsea boss pay-outs under Abramovich:
Antonio Conte (Jul 18) - £9million
Jose Mourinho (Nov 15) - £9.5m
Roberto Di Matteo (Nov 12) - £10.7m
Andre Villas-Boas (Mar 12) - £12m
Carlo Ancelotti (May 11) - £6m
Luiz Felipe Scolari (Feb 09) - £12.6m
Avram Grant (May 08) - £5.5m
Jose Mourinho (Sep 07) - £18m
Claudio Ranieri (Jun 04) - £6m
TOTAL = £89.3m