"I spoke to Steve Bruce in the summer, " said Curbishley, who wants to get back into management after recently winning his case for constructivedismissal against West Ham.
She said it was "simply wrong" to suggest there had been an option to halve that amount, adding a constructivedismissal would have been costly, messy and drawn out.
We could either accept a consensual deal for 12 months, or the situation would drift on and we would find ourselves with a constructivedismissal (claim) and also an unfair dismissal.