Football Notes: Six Chinese Super League Coaches Fired In Last Month

High expectations in the "big-spending" Chinese Super League "triggered a spate of departures, with six coaches shown the door in the space of just one month." Jiangsu Suning, which has "slumped to 15th in the table" after finishing second last year, is the "biggest club involved after Choi Yong-Soo departed last week." Beijing Guoan, Tianjin Teda, Guizhou Zhicheng, Chongqing Lifan and Changchun Yatai have also "parted ways with their coaches in recent weeks" (AFP, 6/6).

Real Madrid's victorious Champions League squad is "expected to share the biggest bonus in football history after completing the European and domestic double for the first time in 59 years." The players are believed to be receiving £2M ($2.6M) each for their achievements this season. The bonus structure is "done differently in Madrid," with the amount handed out being the personal decision of club President Florentino Pérez "rather than written into players' contracts, as is done in the Premier League" (London DAILY MAIL, 6/5).