CHELSEA are ready to appoint Frank Lampard as their new manager on a £16.5million three-year contract – but the Blues hero won’t be among the Premier League’s highest earning coaches.
On a contract worth £5.5m per season, the former midfielder will be tasked with keeping the club in the title mix despite a FIFA transfer ban.
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While he will earn more than the £5m annual salary taken home by Maurizio Sarri, a number of rivals are set to bank considerably higher than Lampard.
Manuel Pellegrini arrived at West Ham with the remit of revitalising a club with its sights on Europe and, as such, was handed a £7m pay packet.
Southampton found themselves in an even greater mess when appointing Ralph Hasenhuttl.
The former RB Leipzig boss, who took the Bundesliga debutants to second in 2016/17, agreed a £6m wage before keeping the Saints in the Premier League.
Arsenal coach Unai Emery is also on a £6m salary, off the pace of his top-four competitors.
After impressing as Manchester United interim manager, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer was put on a £7.5m contract for three years with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp understood to be on the same amount.
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In second place is Mauricio Pochettino, who signed a new five-year contract at Tottenham Hotspur last season.
Pep Guardiola is the best paid manager in the country, having led Manchester City to two consecutive Premier League titles with a record points total to boot.
The club want to tie him down to a new contract and the Spaniard’s wage is estimated to be between £15m and £20m.
Completing the top ten are Leicester City 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.
Rafa Benitez is on a tidy £6m but his Newcastle United contract expires at the end of the month.
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