Roberto Di Matteo is still being paid £130,000-a-week by Chelsea as the club continues to foot the bill for his sacking 12 months ago, according to reports.
The former manager did not agree a pay-off settlement when he was axed as manager last season, and the Daily Mail reports the Italian will continue to be paid in full until June 2014 unless he takes another job before then.
That, however, seems unlikely given Di Matteo has reportedly turned down several offers both in the Premier League and from abroad since his departure, while there are few clubs who could match the lucrative £6.76m annual salary he was earning at Stamford Bridge.
Di Matteo was linked with the Sunderland job before Gus Poyet's appointment and he is seen as a possible replacement for Martin Jol at Fulham should the Dutch manager leave Craven Cottage.