Everton in bitter contract row with Ronald Koeman and Holland over club still paying 90 per cent of his wages

claim that under the terms negotiated following his dismissal, Everton are still paying him to make up the shortfall.

The report also claims that the Merseyside outfit are infuriated by this and are seeking legal action.

It is the second sting in the tail for Everton after axing a manager with Koeman’s predecessor netting a payment of more than £10m when they decided to get rid of him in 2016.

Lawyers thrashed it out in order to try and reduce that stunning compo package, but a clause in his contract ruled that he was entitled to be paid the remaining three years of his contract.

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That would have added up to an amount near £12m, but after an independent hearing in London, a settlement was reached between £10 and £12m.

Now it looks like Koeman’s representatives managed to net a similar package for the 55-year-old as the Toffees continue to fork out the difference between the wage he was on and his new earnings.

Goodison powerbrokers were suspicious when they discovered Koeman was earning only slightly more than Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill.

And Austria’s Marcel Koller is on twice as much.

Koeman's deal at Everton still had 16 months to run at the time of his sacking.