The World’s Best Paid Coaches

Before checking the list, a best guess said either Carlo Ancelotti or Roberto Mancini would feature at the top. The former wasn’t so far off, sitting handsomely in second place to do little more than put Zlatan Ibrahimovic on autopilot, but the latter? Is there anyone at City making less than him? He’s down in ninth with Jose Antonio Camacho, who coaches…go ahead and see if you can guess.

Oh, and as for the top dog? Well, he’ll happily tell you he and he alone belongs there.

Listed in millions of euros, and done so in gross wages:

1. José Mourinho (Real Madrid 15,3)
2. Carlo Ancelotti (PSG 13,5)
3. Marcello Lippi (Guangzhou Evergrande 10)
4. Alex Ferguson (Manchester United 9,4)
5. Arsene Wenger (Arsenal 9,3)
6. Guus Hiddink (Anzhi 8,3)
7. Fabio Capello (Russia 7,8)
8. Tito Vilanova (Barcelona 7)
9. Jose’ Antonio Camacho (China 5,9), Roberto Mancini (Manchester City 5,9)
11. Frank Rijkaard (Saudi Arabia 5,3)
12. Jupp Heynckes (Bayern Munich 5,2)
13. André Villas Boas (Tottenham 4,5)
14. Harry Redknapp (Queens Park Rangers 4)
14. Jorge Jesus (Benfica 4)
16. David Moyes (Everton 3,6), Manuel Pellegrini (Malaga 3,6), Paulo Autuori (Qatar 3,6)
19. Abel Braga (Fluminense 3,5)
20. Luciano Spaletti (Zenit 3,3)
21. Antonio Conte (Juventus 3), Cesare Prandelli (Italia 3), Vanderlei Luxemburgo (Gremio 3), Muricy Ramalho (Santos 3), Tite (Corinthians 3)
26. Ottmar Hitzfeld (Svizzera 2,6)
27. Joachim Loew (Germany 2,5), Marcelo Bielsa (Athletic Bilbao 2,5), Martin O’Neil (Sunderland 2,5), Roy Hodgson (England 2,5)

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