Top 10 world's best paid footballers and Managers

[Bender]

The France Football rich list:
Players (combines salaries, bonuses and off-field earnings)
1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) £29.6m
2. David Beckham (LA Galaxy/Milan) £27.3m
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) £27m
4. Kaka (Real Madrid) £16.9m
5. Thierry Henry (Barcelona) £16.1m
6. Ronaldinho (AC Milan) £15.5m
7. Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) £13.8m
8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Barcelona) £13m
9. Frank Lampard (Chelsea) £12.8m
10. Samuel Eto’o (Inter Milan) £12.4m

Managers
1. Jose Mourinho (Inter Milan) £11.7m
2. Roberto Mancini (Manchester City) £10.8m
3. Felipe Scolari (FC Bunyodkor) £8.5m
4. Jurgen Klinsmann (ex-Bayern Munich) £8.1m
5. Fabio Capello (England) £7.5m
6. Guus Hiddink (Russia) £7.1m
7. Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) £6.5m
8. Pep Guardiola (Barcelona) £5.8m
9. Arsene Wenger (Arsenal) £5.7m
10. Louis Van Gaal (Bayern Munich) £5.4m
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[red g]

we can rule them 10 managers out of the running then

[Tee]

Jose Mourinho to Liverpool?

[Vermilion]

Klinsman was on 8mill, and was paid enough to put him 4th on the list....and they say we waste money in the Prem..

[Shaggy]

Jose Mourinho to Liverpool?

We're gonna swoop for Messi as well.

[spud_gun]

3. Felipe Scolari (FC Bunyodkor) £8.5m

Who?

[Tee]

We are a world away from this level of finance. When I think of it like that I wonder if Rafa is a miracle worker? Its all so confusing.

[Bender]

Who?

FC Bunyodkor is an Uzbek football club based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan Founded 6 July 2005

[Vermilion]

Crazy place to manage apparently...but owner with £££

[Assassin]

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) £29.6m

Jeez £29.6m a year for kicking a bag of wind around.

Its a ****ed up world!

[red g]

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) £29.6m

Jeez £29.6m a year for kicking a bag of wind around.

Its a ****ed up world!

But then dwarfed in comparison to America........

Tiger Woods
Pro Golf
$99,737,626
Tiger sacrificed millions in appearance fees during his year off to recover from knee surgery, but replaced his lucrative Buick deal -- voided by mutual consent -- with a new one from AT&T.


also at number 4......


Alex Rodriguez
New York Yankees (MLB)
$39,000,000
We're in the middle of A-Rod's peak earning power in his middle-loaded, 10-year megadeal: He'll make another $33 million in 2010 and then gradually decrease to a "normal" $20 million by '17.

well done mr hicks

[Kenneth]

Jose Mourinho to Liverpool?

So what woud we need, 5 million more a year than we pay Rafa? Hardly prohibitive in my view.

[Darkon]

Who?

FC Bunyodkor is an Uzbek football club based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan Founded 6 July 2005

To add to Benders answer they hired Rivaldo as playing manager as well and almost managed to sign E'too a year ago, but in the end he choose to stay in europe rather than the money alone.

[S-RED]

So what woud we need, 5 million more a year than we pay Rafa? Hardly prohibitive in my view.

No, this includes off field endorsments, I'm sure Jose has more commercial contracts than Rafa

(combines salaries, bonuses and off-field earnings)

[Kenneth]

No, this includes off field endorsments, I'm sure Jose has more commercial contracts than Rafa

(combines salaries, bonuses and off-field earnings)

Oh, fair play. Would think endorsments from living in the UK again would probably increase too. He's positively cheap