With the calendar year coming to a close, here is a recap of who the highest-paid managers were at the beginning of 2020, including Jurgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho.
Click through the gallery above to see who the best-paid bosses were, and their annual salaries, in 2020, according to L'Equipe and Tuttomercato!
Despite Klopp's Liverpool being one of the most successful teams in world football of late and the German tactician winning The Best FIFA Men's Coach for a second consecutive year, he is believed to earn far less than Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone did in 2020.
The Argentine boss reportedly gets paid €43.6 million (R778 million) annually in Spain, which makes him the highest-earning coach this year. Per figures from L'Equipe and Tuttomercato, he was paid almost double what second-placed Manchester City's Pep Guardiola earned.
Mourinho was said to be the fourth-highest earner in 2020, more than Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane, who was reportedly paid €16.8 million (R299 million) over the course of the calendar year.
There is one manager in the top 10, Thomas Tuchel, who is said to no longer be in a job, having reportedly been sacked by French giants Paris Saint-Germain last week Friday.
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The German tactician would have earned €9.6 million (R171 million) throughout 2020, but will seemingly head into 2021 unemployed, with reports suggesting that the former Borussia Dortmund boss has an interest of managing in the Premier League.
Here is a recap of who the richest players were in 2020:
