He’s won two Champions Leagues, three La Liga titles, two Copa del Rey trophies and has taken charge of the Treble-winning Bayern Munich. Fitting, then, that Pep Guardiola is the best-paid football manager in the world, raking in £14.8million per year. 
Altogether more perplexing is the fact that West Ham’s struggling coach Sam Allardyce is the 13th best-paid manager in the world, his £2.95m putting him above Roberto Mancini (Galatasaray, £2.92m), Rafa Benitez (Napoli, £2.92) and level with England manager Roy Hodgson. 
The astonishing figures, published by Sporting Intelligence, show that of the top 30 best-paid coaches in the world, eight work in England, five in Italy, four in Spain, three in Germany and two in Russia.
Top dog: Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola is the highest paid manager in the world
Top dog: Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola is the highest paid manager in the world

BEST-PAID FOOTBALL MANAGERS

1 Pep Guardiola, Bayern Munich, £14.8m
2 Jose Mourinho, Chelsea, £8.37m
3 Marcelo Lippi, Guangzhou, £8.34m
4 Arsene Wenger, Arsenal, £6.89m
5 Fabio Capello, Russia, £6.51m
6 Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid, £6.26m
7 David Moyes, Man United, £4.92m
8 Tata Martino, Barcelona, £4.5m
9 Jurgen Klopp, Borussia Dortmund, £3.59m
10 Manuel Pellegrini, Man City, £3.47m
11 Jorge Jesus, Benfica, £3.34m
12 Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool, £3.25m
13 Sam Allardyce, West Ham, £2.95m
13 Roy Hodgson, England, £2.95m
15 Roberto Mancini, Galatasaray, £2.92m
15 Rafa Benitez, Napoli, £2.92m
17 Luciano Spaletti, Zenit, £2.75m
18 Claudio Ranieri, Monaco, £2.5m
18 Laurent Blanc, PSG, £2.5m
18 Antonio Conte, Juventus, £2.5m
18 Cesare Prandelli, Italy, £2.5m
22 Massimiliano Allegri, Milan, £2.34m
23 Felipe Scolari, Brazil, £2.3m
24 Ottmar Hitzfeld, Switzerland, £2.17m
25 Mircea Lucescu, Shakhtar, £2.14m
26 Diego Simeone, Atletico Madrid, £2.09m
26 Harry Redknapp, QPR, £2.09m
26 Joachim Low, Germany, £2.09m
29 Walter Mazzarri, Inter Milan, £2m
30 Vecente del Bosque, Spain, £1.96m
The top-earning English coach is, perhaps unsurprisingly, Jose Mourinho, who is second in the overall list. The Chelsea manager pockets an estimated £8.34m per year at Stamford Bridge. Arsene Wenger (Arsenal, £6.89m) isn’t far behind Mourinho in fourth, losing out to Italian Marcelo Lippi (£8.34m), in charge of Guangzhou. 
Former England manager Fabio Capello is also highly placed on the list in fifth place, the Russia manager £6.51m. Mega-rich Manchester City’s manager Manuel Pellegrini makes the top ten on £3.47m, behind Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid, £6.26), David Moyes (Manchester United, £4.92m), Tata Martino (£4.5m) and Jurgen Klopp (Borussia Dortmund, £4.3m).
Harry Redknapp sneaks into the top 30, the QPR manager earning £2.09m from the SkyBet Championship club per year. Redknapp earns the same as Germany manager Joachim Low and more than Spain boss Vicente del Bosque (£1.96m)
The only club outside Europe to have a manager on the list is Chinese outfit Guangzhou with Lippi.
Hodgson is the second best-paid national manager on the list, with Capello reported to be way out in front, earning almost £4m more than the former Liverpool, West Brom and Fulham manager.
Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil, £2.3m), Cesare Prandelli (Italy, £2.5m), Low and Del Bosque are the other international bosses in the top 30.
Not bad: David Moyes has seen a hefty wage increase since swapping Everton for Manchester United
Not bad: David Moyes has seen a hefty wage increase since swapping Everton for Manchester United

Nice work: Fabio Capello earns a large wage packet from Russia for his role as national team coach
Nice work: Fabio Capello earns a large wage packet from Russia for his role as national team coach

In the money: Sam Allardyce is 13th in Sporting Intelligence's list of best-paid bosses
In the money: Sam Allardyce is 13th in Sporting Intelligence's list of best-paid bosses

Mega-rich: Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is also paid hansomely at the Etihad club
Mega-rich: Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is also paid hansomely at the Etihad club