“Moneyball: Manager’s Cut” The 10 Highest-Paid Football Managers in 2025: In the world of football, it’s not just the players who are cashing in. The men in suits (and sometimes tracksuits) running the show from the sidelines are pulling in eye-watering salaries too. And no, they’re not just there for the press conferences and the touchline tantrums, they’re basically CEOs with tactics boards.
The The 10 Highest-Paid Football Managers in 2025 and spoiler alert some of the names will shock you more than a VAR offside call.
1. Diego Simeone – Atletico Madrid

Salary: £25.9 million
The king of gritty football and even grittier touchline fashion, Simeone is still cashing cheques and chewing touchline air at Atletico. The loyalty from the club (and the cash) is unmatched. Still the highest-paid manager on earth, for the umpteenth season running.
2. Simone Inzaghi – Al-Hilal

Salary: £21.8 million
If this shocked you, you haven’t been paying attention to Saudi Arabia’s football revolution. Inzaghi swapped San Siro for sand dunes and a salary that would fund a mid-table Premier League squad. Just another day in the oil-rich football fairytale.
3. Pep Guardiola – Manchester City

Salary: £20.7 million
Trophies, Tactics, and total football. Pep’s still redefining the game while making enough money to buy an island (or three). City’s project runs through him and rightly so, that paycheck agrees.
4. Mikel Arteta – Arsenal

Salary: £15.6 million
From Pep’s apprentice to North London’s main man. Arteta’s project has made the Emirates believe again, and Arsenal have rewarded him handsomely. Not bad for a guy who was once “just an assistant.”
5. Stefano Pioli – Al-Nassr

Salary: £15.5 million
Remember when Pioli brought Milan back from the dead? Well, now he’s doing tactical jiu-jitsu in Saudi Arabia for nearly £16 million a year. Ronaldo approves, probably.
6. David Moyes – Everton

Salary: £12.5 million
This one’s a plot twist worthy of Christopher Nolan. Moyes is back at Everton and is somehow one of the top-paid managers in the world. From being mocked at Man United to now out-earning Luis Enrique. Football, eh?
7. Luis Enrique – Paris Saint-Germain

Salary: £9.6 million
With Neymar and Messi gone, Enrique has a new look PSG and he’s still drawing a salary that makes Ligue 1 blush. Whether he brings UCL glory is another question.
8. Matthias Jaissle – Al-Ahli

Salary: £9.6 million
Young, ambitious, and minted. Jaissle jumped from Red Bull Salzburg into a Saudi payday. Now he’s proving he can handle the heat literally and figuratively.
9. Jose Mourinho – Fenerbahçe

Salary: £9.2 million
The “Special One” just won’t quit now taking on Turkey, one defensive masterclass at a time. And don’t let the salary fool you, he’s still at the box office.
10. Carlo Ancelotti – Brazil National Team

Salary: £8.4 million
Yes, he’s managing a national team. No, he hasn’t ditched the eyebrow raise. Ancelotti’s the first foreign manager for Brazil in decades and he’s doing it while still bagging nearly £9 million a year. Samba style meets tactical serenity.