Top 10 Highest-paid Football Managers in 2025

This article features the ten highest-paid managers in football today
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The footballing world is not far from justifying managers as premium assets, as rivals are willing to spend fortunes to lure the right thinking machines. These elite coaches also determine not only the matches, directions, and defining the clubs, their cultures, and their future. Below are the ten highest-paid managers in football today; The table below shows the value these figures add to their respective teams. These managers have taken underdog clubs all the way to wining championships and also transformed powerhouse teams in some of the competitive leagues in the world into champions, and therefore deserve the salaries they are paid in the football industry.

Highest-paid Football Managers

10. Unai Emery – £8,000,000 per year.

The Emery deal also shows that Aston Villa was willing to go all out to get this man by paying out his contract fees at Villarreal without any form of haggling. Boasting of four Europa leagues, and seven titles at Paris Saint Germain, Emery stood out right from the onset. Transforming Villa from a relegation team into reaching the top seven and then featuring again in the Champions League last season underlines Emery’s operating ability and £8 million weekly pay does seem a steal.

9. Jorge Jesus – £8,400,00 per year

Currently managing Omani Club Al-Hilal since July 2023, Jorge Jesus signs till June 2025. The large wages confirmed reflect the club’s lofty expectations he brings into the Saudi Pro League, as per the revelations by Peter Bosz, the team’s manager.

8. Simone Inzaghi  £8,800,000 per year.

Inzaghi himself was in the spotlight following a near-miss at Champions League triumph in 2023 and the subsequent Inter Milan’s comfortable 20th Serie A title win. This success led him being given a two year contract further at Inter after which free to join any club of his choice with weekly wages of £8.8 million per season. The six trophies in three seasons have made Inzaghi a man of interest and yet he has a secure job in the San Siro.

7. Jose Mourinho  £8,900,000 per year.

Fenerbahçe is next on Mourinho’s list after a successful career as a top-flight football manager, including stints in the Premier League and UEFA Champions League, and has had Mourinho sign a two-year contract through 2026 to manage Süper Lig. The ‘Special One’ intends to take Fenerbahçe back to the pinnacle of success with his £8.9 million annual wages a sign of the clubs desire to reach that destination.

6. Luis Enrique  £9,100000 per year.

Actually, being the PSG coach in 2020, Luis Enrique receives £9.1 million per year. Like any other new manager in PSG, Enrique receives one of the lowest managerial salaries in the last decade for the club; however, his wage still will be reasonable by Ligue 1 standards.

5. Carlo Ancelotti – £9,600,000 per year.

Carlo Ancelotti

Ancelotti earns £9.6 million in a year after signing a new deal to remain at Real Madrid for the next three years. Often described as a versatile player, Ancelotti has brought more success to Real Madrid, such as the European Cups. He should be commended in that he is one of the most respected coaches, whose experience and ability to choose a suitable tactics are hardly matched.

4. Mikel Arteta – £15,000,000 per year

By helping to turn Arsenal into Premier League title challengers, Arteta got a pay rise from £9m to £15m per year. While Mikel Arteta has only FA Cup and two Community Shields under his belt he significantly changed playing style of Arsenal in his rebuild of the squad he quickly became one of the best managers of Europe.

3. Steven Gerrard  £15,200,000 per year.

Gerrards transfer to Al-Ettifaq Saudi club is said to be earning him € 17. 6m (£15.2m) annually, a statement that dwarfs many premier league managers. Nevertheless, Al-Ettifaq had been inconsistent in this season, yet, they successfully sign Gerrard to his contract through 2027.

2.Pep Guardiola  £20,000,000 per year.

Guardiola earns £20 million at Manchester City, and the high wages make a lot of sense given the records he has set at the club. He took City to their fourth successive Premier League trophy and is favoured to do it again in the 2024-25 season. The player currently has his contract until this season, but there are speculations he may pen a new contract meaning he has commitments to the club up to a full ten seasons.

1. Diego Simeone  – £30,000,000 per year.

Even though he does not oversee one of the world’s biggest football clubs Simeone is currently the best-paid footballing coach in the world, earning a staggering £30m per year at Atletico Madrid. Since he assumed the mantle in 2011, he has worked miracle at Atletico, managing to steer them to win two La Liga crowns and reach two Champions League finals. Appointed as the staying coach in the European’s top leagues, Simeone loyalty has also been rewarded economically with the contract until 2027.

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