Football is a lucrative sport and has over the years made many people stupendously rich. This is a rich list of the highest earning football managers in the world currently and their salaries. These coaches are truly the best in the business and they are tasked with leading the best teams in the world to glory. This compilation of the best-paid coaches in the world will leave you on the edge of your seats.
List of Highest Paid Coaches in the World 2019
1. Pep Guardiola – £15 Million
The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach is comfortably the best-paid coach in the world currently. He tops this lost as the highest earning coach due to his contract with his new club, Manchester City. Pep Guardiola is understood to take home a whopping £15 million every year as salary.
Guardiola is a Catalan from Barcelona in Spain. He has played and coached FC Barcelona, where he trained the likes of Lionel Messi, Xavi, Puyol, Iniesta, Eto, Henry, Pedro, Robben, Ribery, etc. He is one of the most experienced tactical football managers who believes in possession football also known as TikiTaka.
2. Carlo Ancelotti – £9 Million
Carlo Ancelotti, a former coach at Juventus, AC Milan, Chelsea, PSG and Real Madrid is third on this list of current best-paid football managers in the world. The current Napoli Coach reportedly takes home £9 million every year as salary.
Ancelotti has maximum experience especially when it comes to the Champions League, winning this trophy at various clubs he had coached. No wonder he can speak five languages fluently.
3. Mauricio Pochettino – £8.5 Million
Mauricio Pochettino has been in Tottenham Hotspur for a long time now. He just signed a new five-year contract worth up to £8.5million-a-year.
The deal, which runs to 2023, makes Pochettino one of the highest earning managers in the Premier League behind Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho.
4. Jurgen Klopp – £7 Million
Jurgen Klopp was the former coach of Borussia Dortmund. He is currently the coach of Liverpool football club and he is known for a brand of swashbuckling attacking football. At Liverpool currently, Jurgen Klopp earns £7 million every year as his salary.
His club Liverpool are currently in top form and are among the four clubs that are in contention to win the English Premier League (EPL). He is also among the managers that earn high salary in the EPL this year.
5. Ernesto Valverde – £7 Million
Ernesto Valverde is currently employed at Barcelona and he won La Liga in the current 2017/2018 campaign. The former Althletico Bilbao boss is known as a no-nonsense manager. Currently, at Barcelona, he takes home £7 million per year.
Conclusion
In today's world, no football coach job is secured, unlike footballers who can remain in a club for a very long time. This is because the loss and successes of team performance are blamed on the coach's management and tactical plans. It always boils down to the perception of players in the dressing room and how you handle them.