A pay-off of at least one million euros for Belgium manager Marc Wilmots could be a problem and the national federation does not have the means to hire a big name to replace him, the federation’s head said.

“The indemnity for Marc Wilmots is at least one million euros,” Belgian football chief executive Gerard Linard said.

“That’s a problem for the federation as we do not have the same budget as France or Germany.”

Wilmots’s future was cast into doubt after Belgium dropped out of Euro 2016 by losing 3-1 to Wales in the quarter-finals, with critics saying he had failed to capitalise on a gifted generation of players led by Chelsea’s Eden Hazard and Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne.

Linard said no decision on the future of Wilmots would be made until next week.

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