>McClaren apparently will get 2.5 million to leave his contract. He refused to resign which would have left him without compensation. It beats me why these contracts don't have break clauses written into them at the end of qualification for Europe or the World Cup to say if you don't qualify the contract can be ended.

They couldn't see that they would be failed. And they usually think for long period. Old english directors usually worked for long periods. But it seem they fall in the fashion... :)