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Report: Lawyers tell Avram Grant to sue Chelsea for damages By Haaretz Sports Staff Tags: compensation, Chelsea FC  Avram Grant has been told by his lawyers that he may have to take Chelsea to court if he wants to be paid what he believes the club owes him following his sacking last month, a source close to the Israeli coach's legal team told British newspaper The Observer over the weekend. According to the report, the discussions and possible action reveals a massive rift between the club's hierarchy and its former coach who, the source said, has always "considered himself to enjoy a special friendship with the club's owner, Roman Abramovich." Despite widespread media claims that Grant would receive the full remainder of his contract - a figure reported to be close to $10 million - Chelsea is, according to the source, willing to pay only one-fifth of that sum. The source added that when Grant signed the deal last winter, he did not read the terms because of the relationship with Abramovich. Advertisement "We have always publicly stated that we would pay Avram Grant under the terms of the contract," a Chelsea spokesperson told The Observer. "And this is what we will do." According to the newspaper, "the 53-year-old is still hoping to settle the matter before proceedings, but is being strongly advised that taking Chelsea to court is the only way of resolving the case." The source told The Observer that "Avram Grant did not check the contract before he signed it. He believed because of his close personal friendship with the owner that if anything happened over the course of his time with Chelsea he would not be screwed," the source said. "And so he also did not ask his lawyers to read it. Avram does not want this to go to court, but he may have little choice." Sacked Israeli coach Grant hires Diana lawyer to confront Chelsea bosses Chelsea axes Grant after losing Champions League final to Red Devils Chelsea's Grant becomes first Israeli to win manager of month Avram Grant: the man the Israeli media loves to hate Bookmark to del.icio.us   Death penalty Iran hands down death sentence to man who spied for Israel. Robot hospital The place where IDF treats droids wounded in the line of fire.   1.   Avram is latest example of "I Told You So" 08:25  |  Markus 30/06/08   2.   Grant performance... 16:05  |  Ulf 30/06/08

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