Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola signed a contract extension with the Citizens on Thursday, reportedly making him the highest earning manager in the world.
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The Spaniard put pen to paper on a new three-year contract with City, a deal that is said to be worth £60 million (R1 billion), as per the Daily Mirror.
Guardiola, who won the Premier League convincingly this season, now reportedly earns about £20 million (R340 million) a year and is the best paid boss not only in England, but in the world.
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This new annual salary means the former FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager has overtaken China boss Marcello Lippi as the best paid manager in the world.
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Manager Jose Mourinho is said to be the third highest paid manager, ahead of Guangzhou Evergrande's Fabio Cannavaro and Jiangsu Suning's Fabio Capello.
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