Not Guardiola, Not Tuchel: See the best-paid manager in 2021

Every football club places a lot of attention and money in getting the best players money can afford and also paying them hefty salaries to keep them in the club. But many times, club owners have learnt the lesson that an expensively acquired team can still fail to deliver the required results under the wrong manager. A perfect example of this is the case of Chelsea during Frank Lampard and then Thomas Tuchel during the 2020/21 season.

Thus, club owners and club administrators now put as much focus on hiring the right managers, the most qualified managers for their teams. These managers also come at a premium, earning millions of pounds annually to set the tactics and commandeer the teams to victories and trophies. Thus, on the list of the best-paid managers in the world in 2021, we'll find the names of the most successful managers like Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Zinedine Zidane and the rest. But who earns most and how much do they earn? 

Best-paid managers in 2021

Diego Simeone - Atletico Madrid - €43m

Antonio Conte    Inter Milan    €30m

Pep Guardiola - Manchester City - €27m

Jürgen Klopp - Liverpool - €24m

José Mourinho - Tottenham Hotspur - €23m

Zinedine Zidane - Real Madrid - €23m

Ernesto Valverde - Free Agent - €19m

Fabio Cannavaro - Guangzhou Evergrande - €14m

Rafael Benitez - Dalian Yifang - €13m

Carlo Ancelotti - Everton - €12m

N:B: While some of these managers have left the stated clubs, the salaries paid still represent the Top 10 ever paid to managers.