2025 Highest-Paid Managers in World Football

In 2025, managers and their paychecks are hitting jaw-dropping highs, fueled by billion-pound TV deals, Saudi Arabia’s football takeover, and Europe’s relentless chase for trophies.

This article dives into the top 10 highest-paid football managers of 2025, based on their annual base salaries in British pounds no bonuses included.

It took several sources to compile a list featuring the masterminds pacing the sidelines earning the highest amount across the world.

Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone has been in charge of the La Liga side for over a decade and is well rewarded.

According to Front Office Sports, Simeone has the highest salary at Atletico Madrid at £25.9m a deal locking him in until 2027.

He’s turned a scrappy side into La Liga giants, bagging two titles and nearly snatching two Champions Leagues.

In 2025, his team ked by with new boy from Manchester City Julian Alvarez press like their lives depend on it.

At 55, he’s still the guy leading the charge and has the admiration of several other clubs who are circling.

Simone Inzaghi’s leap from Inter Milan to Al-Hilal in 2025 came as a surprise but is explained by his £21.8m tax-free deal.

After winning Italy’s Scudetto and two UCL finals with Inter Milan, Inzaghi has taken his talent to Saudi Arabia.

His 3-5-2 is a staple for every team he has coached and known not just a tactician but the guy who gets stars to buy in, like he did with Lautaro Martinez at Inter.

At 49, he played a pivotal role for the Riyadh side as they got to the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup earlier this year.

Pep Guardiola’s £20.7m paycheck hasn’t changed much since his 2025 extension to 2027.

With six Premier League titles and 19 trophies at City, Guardiola is propelling Erling Haaland to lead the new iteration of the team.

At 54, he’s hinted at leaving when bored but stull tweaking tactics especially following the emergence of Arsenal.

Arsenal showed faith in their former captain Mikel Arteta with a £15.6m deal, signed in 2024.

The former Guardiola assistant now in charge of the Gunners captured the 2020 FA Cup and pushed City close twice and Liverpool last season.

This season, Arsenal’s top-four charge thrives on Bukayo Saka’s flair following injury to Martin Odegaard.

Arteta has a high-line obsession—bolstered and at 43 his intense method helps to keep focus sharp as the Gunners mount a title challenge.

David Moyes is back at Everton—third time’s the charm—and his £12.5m salary helped steady the ship.

Taking over a relegation-threatened side in January 2025, he’s got them mid-table and now to start the season has helped Jack Grealish rediscovering his swagger to win the Premier League September’s Player of the Month.

Moyes at 62, isn’t flashy a style which he used to lead West Ham to European glory and now Everton fans scarred by near-relegations now dream bigger.

Jorge Jesus at 70, swapped Al-Hilal success for a project with Al-Nassr in 2025.

To create a breakthrough for Al Nassr he bagged £10.4m and also the pleasure of coaching Portuguese football icon Cristiano Ronaldo.

Jesus, a Benfica legend with four titles, has sparked up Riyadh and named September’s Manager of the Month.

The introduction of Joao Felix on loan adding spice and is already a fan favorite trying to replace his success at a new team while building Ronaldo’s last legacy.

Luis Enrique signed a £9.6m PSG extension in 2025 as the club rewarded the a man who rewrote their story.

His 5-0 UCL final thrashing of Inter Milan ended PSG’s European curse while Ligue 1’s a cakewalk to seal the treble,

Youngsters like Warren Zaire-Emery shine under his nurturing touch despite been through hell after losing his daughter Xana in 2019.

At 55, he has made PSG a family as they are favoured to repeat their UCL triumph.

At just 37, Matthias Jaissle’s £9.6m Al-Ahli deal is a coup for the ex-Salzburg prodigy.

His 4-2-3-1 has Al-Ahli chasing the SPL title, with Roberto Firmino and Riyad Mahrez and Ivan Toney.

Jaissle’s data-driven tweaks, honed at Red Bull, make him Saudi’s boy wonder as he inked his extension in September 2025.

Carlo Ancelotti at 66, took a £8.4m Brazil gig in May 2025, becoming their first foreign boss.

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With five UCL titles, he’s football royalty and was able to steering Brazil through a tricky World Cup qualifiers with a calm 4-3-3.

Vinicius Jr.’s dazzling, Neymar is set to return to the fold and a potential €5m WC bonus awaits if he is successful.

Ancelotti now as the task of bringing the sixth World Cup to the South American giants.

Unai Emery’s £8.3m Villa deal came after he powered the team to a Champions League quarter-final run and FA Cup push.

With four Europa League titles, he’s turned Villa into contenders for continental football.

Relying on Ollie Watkins for goal a press-heavy system and data obsession he keeps Villa punching above weight.

At 54, Emery has rebounded from his struggles at Arsenal to lead Villarreal to glory and now contending for a top-four spot with Villa,

The £5.1bn Premier League TV deals, Saudi’s £1.5bn transfer splurge, and UEFA’s expanded UCL format means this list will look different in years to come as Managerial salaries will be impacted.