There are over 10 million reasons why virtually anyone would go after that money if they thought they would win. Morally bankrupt? I guarantee that every last one of you would fight tooth and nail for a tenth of that money if you felt it was owed to you.
That's the qualifier though, just look at these stats and see if you think you would have felt you have done enough to keep your job knowing what football management is like:
- last 10 games LLDDDLLWLL
- Everton have faced 121 shots in their last five games in all competitions
- He signed Niasse
- 10th time this season Everton have conceded twice within six mins (seven times within four mins)
- The Toffees lost 48 points from winning positions during Martinez's three years in charge
- He signed Niasse and he was our 3rd most expensive player in our history
- Zero points recovered from losing positions since early December (22 PL games)
- Seven of Everton's last eight victories came against teams in the bottom six
- He signed Niasse and didn't even play him
- The 55 goals conceded this season is the most since Everton let in 57 in 2003-04.
- Second straight season club will post sub-50 point total after 10 years reaching a minimum of 50 points (+60 in six)
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Martinez recorded Everton's worst haul 20 points at home in the club's 138-year history
- The Blues have won just four Premier League matches in 2016 and have taken only nine points from their last 12 matches
- Everton have won just 10 league games all season - only the bottom four have a worse record
- Everton have conceded 3+ goals 11 times in all competitions this season
- The Toffees have conceded 3+ goals in 20 of Roberto Martinez's 113 Premier League games
- Did I mention he signed Niasse?
Then throw in he lost the fans and the players what choice did he give is. If he wanted to keep his job he should have won some football matches. If he took 3 even 4 million I would have said fair play he had a contract, 10 million is just taking the michael. It wasn't a sort of Nigel Adkins case at Southampton where the team were exceeding expectations but still got fired.