Jose is ‘best-paid football manager in world’

Sarah Winterburn

A study by France Football claims that Jose Mourinho earned over £24m from wages, bonuses and advertising revenues last year.

The Manchester United manager leads a list of the top five best-paid coaches in the world, which does not include the bosses of either Real Madrid of Barcelona.

Marcello Lippi is in second place with the many millions he earns as coach of China, while Laurent Blanc was well enumerated at PSG.

But we are raising our eyebrows at the calculations when Mourinho took over at Manchester United just as Blanc was being sacked by PSG. It doesn’t feel like they’re comparing like with like.

This graph would have us believe that Pep Guardiola earns little more than half of Mourinho’s income, and that really does not seem right.

Anyway, just for yourself…