Massive salaries are not just for the players and some of the top Premier League bosses earn multiple millions every year.
While sky-high salaries are for Premier League players, the managers are not short a quid or two with annual deals into the millions.
High-profile departures such as Pep Guardiola and Arne Slot mean there are some new names creeping into the best-paid managers in the league, including one from a promoted side.
Here’s the top seven best-paid managers in the Premier League:
= 6. David Moyes – Everton (£5m)
With Everton facing the drop, Moyes was able to negotiate a significant wage to take over the Merseyside club once again.
He justified it by steering them away from the relegation zone and into midtable safety but there is now the question of whether he is able to make that next step.
=6. Kieran McKenna – Ipswich Town (£5m)
When McKenna guided Ipswich to promotion to the Premier League the first time, a number of clubs were sniffing around him and in order to keep him at Portman Road, the Ipswich hierarchy pushed the boat out.
They trebled his salary to a reported £5m a year, making him easily the best-paid manager in the Championship and now one of the best in the Premier League.
Ipswich fans will argue it is money well spent for a man who has guided them to promotion in three of his four full seasons and the next challenge is keeping the Suffolk club in the top flight.
5) Eddie Howe – Newcastle United (£6m)
Having taken over when the club was in the midst of a relegation scrap, Howe has proved good value for his salary and turned Newcastle United into a team capable of consistently qualifying for the Champions League.
He delivered the club’s first trophy in decades, something every fan would say was worth £6m a year, but there are – for the first time – real question marks about whether he can take the club to the next level.
A disappointing league campaign, highlighted by two defeats to newly promoted rivals Sunderland, combined with a humiliation at the hands of Barcelona, mean Newcastle have little to play for this year and face a summer of once again trying to keep their best players.
Howe then could face the chop if the Newcastle owners are serious about becoming part of the Premier League elite.
4) Unai Emery – Aston Villa (£8m)
Considering where Aston Villa were when he took over and where they are now, Unai Emery is worth every penny of that £8m.
The club were relegation candidates when he arrived in October 2022 and are now consistent Champions League qualifiers and he has secured silverware too.
PSR has kept a ceiling on the club breaking through that next barrier but it’s easy to imagine they would be a lot lower with the Spaniard at the club.
3. Xabi Alonso – Chelsea (£11.5m)
Liverpool’s hesitancy is Chelsea’s gain as Alonso agreed to move to Chelsea rather than an Anfield reunion.
The announcement of him being the manager rather than head coach appeared a sign that the Chelsea hierarchy was changing their ways and Alonso has commanded a significant fee to join.
Reports suggest his salary is at £11.5m a year, making him the third best-paid manager in the league.
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2) Roberto De Zerbi – Tottenham Hotspur (£12m)
Tottenham’s situation left them in a terrible negotiating position when they approached Roberto De Zerbi but even with that in mind, the deal seems very generous.
De Zerbi is being paid £12m but as he is the man who kept the club up, Spurs will look at it as money well spent. For now.
He has a five-year deal but is not a manager with a history of sticking around and so it could be a costly decision should the need to sack him arise.
1) Mikel Arteta – Arsenal (£15m)
With the departure of Pep Guardiola and his £20m salary, Arteta moves into the number one spot.
Questions over whether he can bring major trophies to Arsenal have been answered and with his current contract set to expire next year, an extension with an increased pay packet seems likely.
It will be just rewards considering how much he has improved the club since taking over in December 2019.
At that time, Arsenal were an ill-disciplined joke who finished fifth under Unai Emery; Arteta’s biggest achievement has been changing the mindset around the club.
Good but troublesome characters like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were moved on and Arteta created arguably the strongest defence in the world.
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