Brendan Rodgers’ new contract has catapulted him up the list of the Premier League’s highest paid managers.
The Leicester boss had been linked with a move to Arsenal after the sack of the hapless Unai Emery. But the Northern Irishman quickly distanced himself with the move, before sealing his megabucks new deal.
The 46-year-old is believed to have doubled his previous salary at the club – taking from £5m-a-year to £10million.
This means that only Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho are paid more than the Foxes manager as the former is the highest paid, earning £20million-a-year at Manchester City – that’s around £384,000-a-week.
While Mourinho is second, somehow having bagged himself a £15million-a-year deal at Tottenham despite having been sacked by his last two clubs.
Astonishingly, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is behind Brendan Rodgers on the list.
Having led Liverpool to Champions League glory this campaign, and seemingly on an unstoppable march to the league title, the Anfield boss is on £7.5million-a-year.
This is the same as Manchester United head coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who bagged his lucrative contract after having done well as United’s caretaker manager.
Next on the list is West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini, as the Hammers chiefs fork out £7million-a-year for the Chilean, who won the League with Manchester City back in 2014.
Club legend Frank Lampard is on £5.5million at the Bridge – under half of what players like N’Golo Kante are earning and even less than Hudson-Odoi.
