Football managers are professionals who select and man manage a set of football players excellently with superb tactics turning a team into a trophy-winning team.

France football recently released a list of 20 highest paid managers in the world of football after a calculation was done.

The calculations were done taking into account Bonuses earned through sponsorship deals from the 2018/2019 season, and earnings in gross salary from 2019/2020 and other streams of income over the period of time.

20. Bruno Genesio (Beijing Guoan) – €8m

The former French and Lyon midfielder is just ahead of Unai Emery (who will receive a combination of wages & pay-offs from Arsenal worth €7.4m this season) and Nico Kovac (who will receive a combination of wages and pay-offs from Bayern Munich worth €7.8m this season).

19. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United) – €8.3m

The current Manchester United Manager is on a basic salary of €8.3m annually, being one of the lowest-paid managers at an elite level club. His current deal runs until 2022.

18. Thomas Tuchel (PSG) – €8.5m

His current contract runs until 2021 with PSG, he earns a basic salary of €7.5m, with bonuses adding up to €1m. The German tactician is able to manage a star Studded PSG side with the likes of Neymar, Edison Cavani, Kylian Mbappe and Angel Dimaria.


Thomas Tuchel (GettyImages)
17. Brendan Rodgers (Leicester City) – €9.1m

Ex- Liverpool manager signed a new deal with Foxes in December, this saw a rise in his earnings. Leicester is competing for a place in Europe in this season Campaign.


Brendan Rodgers( GettyImages)
16. Mauricio Pochettino (free agent) – €9.4m

A champion league final could not guarantee his managerial position at Tottenham, Pochettino received a €5.5m payout this season, and additional €3.9m in wages he had already earned in wages for 2019/20. He will earn another €4.4m next season from Spurs if he has not taken up a new job by then, which is unlikely.

15. Vitor Pereira (Shanghai SIPG) – €10m

One of the benefactors of the Chinese league huge spending with such an extraordinary salary.
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