Blackburn ordered to pay former manager Berg $3.5M

Blackburn ordered to pay former manager Berg $3.5M

Published Apr. 29, 2013 11:41 a.m. ET

A British court has ordered Blackburn to pay $3.5 million in compensation to former manager Henning Berg.

The former Blackburn defender led the second-tier club for just 57 days of a three-year deal, ending in December after one win in 10 matches.

Blackburn argued that managing director Derek Shaw acted without authority from owner Venky's - an Indian poultry firm - in granting Berg a contract.

But at the High Court in Manchester, judge Mark Pelling said Monday that Shaw had been ''authorized to negotiate and conclude an employment contract.''

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