5. Fabio Capello – Russia
Salary: €7.8m
The highest paid national team boss on the list. Russia are hoping to buy a successful coach, but must have forgot what he did whilst in charge of England.
4. Arsene Wenger – Arsenal
Salary: €8.26m
Wenger has just seen his contract renegotiated and a significant jump in salary has come with it.
3. Marcello Lippi – Guangzhou Evergrande
Salary: €10m
So far the Chinese football experiment has not worked out so well, but Lippi has decided to stick around.
2. Jose Mourinho – Chelsea
Salary: €10.3m
Roman Abramovic made sure to lay out a big fee to secure the Special One’s return to Stamford Bridge.
1. Pep Guardiola – Bayern Munich
Salary: €17m
Head and shoulders the best paid manager in the world. Already proving good value for money as Bayern look to emulate the success of last season.
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