New news: after quarrelling with the head coach star player makes shocking announcement today…..

The West Coast Eagles have a very good reason not to sack Adam Simpson despite the club suffering through its worst season ever under the embattled head coach.

Plenty of fed-up supporters have called for Simpson to be axed, but it can now be revealed the team would face an incredible payout if it did so, because the AFL luxury tax stands at a whopping 200 per cent on anything $500,000 over the soft cap.

That means if the Eagles sacked Simpson it would cost them a staggering $7million – and that doesn’t factor in what West Coast would then have to fork out for his replacement, according to Channel Seven.

‘We are in this together,’ he said. ‘We have his back.

‘What can he do from the coaching box? … Adam isn’t the one conceding 200 plus points on the field.’

Simpson is contracted until the end of 2025, and the club is publicly supporting him to coach on beyond the current crisis.

The 47-year-old – who was a revered figure with Eagles fans after winning a premiership in 2018 – says he understands calls for change.

‘No one likes what happened on the weekend, and no one’s hurting more than me. So I understand the frustration,’ Simpson said.

‘I just know how big the journey is and how big the job is. ‘It’s not an easy one. It’s not for everyone. So you’ve got to be up for some bumps and bruises along the way.

‘I’m not in the depths of despair. I knew that the journey that we are on is a big one.