West Ham United will have to pay Premier League rivals Chelsea £1.2million if they want to make Steve Clarke the assistant to new Hammers boss Gianfranco Zola.
45-year-old Clarke first joined the West London club from St Mirren as a player in 1987 and made over 400 appearances for the Blues as a defender at Stamford Bridge. Clarke did leave Chelsea for a short time in 1998, after he had hung up his boots to assist former Chelsea boss Ruud Gullit at Newcastle United, with the former Scottish International even managing the Magpies for one game in 1999, following the sacking of Gullit.
Clarke returned to Chelsea to take charge of the youth team and was promoted to be assistant to Jose Mourinho in 2004 and remained in the post under Avram Grant and now with former Portugal boss Luiz Felipe Scolari.
However, it is understood that his role at the club has been drastically reduced under Scolari, which has prompted Mourinho now in charge at Inter Milan to urge Clarke to move to Upton Park as Zola’s assistant.
Chelsea placed Clarke on gardening leave at the weekend after he resigned on Friday and are demanding £1.2million in compensation from the East London side if they want Clarke to take up the role at West Ham. This is due to Clarke still having two years to run on his deal at Stamford Bridge, with the coach on £600,000-a-year.
There is understood to be a stalemate between the two sides at the moment, but this should be resolved in time for Clarke to take up his role for the Premiership game with Newcastle on Saturday.
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