TOTTENHAM have appointed Jose Mourinho as their new manager — but the cost of winning silverware has finally forced Daniel Levy to loosen the purse strings.
The Special One will earn almost double the wage of his predecessor Mauricio Pochettino at a whopping £15million a year.
Jose Mourinho’s yearly salary at Tottenham will be almost double his predecessor Mauricio Pochettino
The Portuguese manager, 56, has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal at the north London club that is worth the same as his contract at Manchester United, according to the Daily Mail.
It means that Mourinho will also be replacing Pochettino as the Premier League’s second-highest-paid boss…but at double the cost.
But Poch, 47, – who was sacked five months after leading Spurs to their first-ever Champions League final – was on £7.5m less than his successor following the £42.5m-worth deal he signed last year.
After impressing as United interim manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was handed half of Mourinho’s wage at £7.5m for three years, with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp understood to be on the same amount.
Meanwhile Jose, who counts finishing second with the Red Devils as among his best achievements, may not be so thrilled to be runners-up in the wages table to old rival Pep Guardiola.
The Spaniard is the best-paid manager in the country, having led Manchester City to two consecutive Premier League titles.
The Eithad club want to tie him down to a new contract and the former Barcelona boss’ wage is estimated to be between £15m and £20m.
Mourinho’s former protegee Frank Lampard agreed a £5.5m per season deal to take charge of Chelsea, in only his second season in the dugout.
Super Frank’s boyhood club West Ham went all out to land Manuel Pellegrini by paying him £7m, while Southampton fork out £6m a year to Ralph Hasenhuttl for his services.
Arsenal coach Unai Emery is also on a £6m salary, ironically off the pace again of his top-four competitors.
Completing the top ten are Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers, on £5m per season, and £4m earner Eddie Howe of Bournemouth.
Burnley manager Sean Dyche is thought to be on £3.5m after keeping the club up once again last season with Everton and Wolves’ Portuguese bosses, Marco Silva and Nuno Espirito Santo, taking home £3m.
Steve Bruce is thought to be the worst paid boss in the top-flight, reportedly netting a paltry £1m, a sixth of what predecessor Rafa Benitez was taking home.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
