Unemployed Kenny Dalglish will finish the season as Britain's best-paid manager and the fifth highest-paid in the world, new figures from France Football magazine have revealed.
Liverpool accounts showed they were forced to pay off Dalglish and his staff with £9.5 million at the start of the season after deciding to replace him with Brendan Rodgers.
According to the magazine, £8.52m of that went straight into the pocket of the Scotsman, making him this season's highest-paid British coach without even having to manage a single game. Dalglish was on a reported salary of around £3.5m while he was at Anfield and a tweet went viral when he left the club that read: "Kenny Dalglish has asked that the £8 million compensation owed to him after his sacking be put towards new Liverpool signings."
In typical scouse fashion, angry Liverpool fans rounded on the Echo, accusing them of telling lies. However the Echo made it clear to the fans who generally feel anyone affiliated to Liverpool can do no wrong that the supposed tweet was false and Kenny had kept the money, shafting the club again.
Although he won the league cup, they finished 7th in the league and we shall never forget the 80+ million spent on the mercurial talents of Andy Carroll, Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam and Stewart Downing.
The highest-paid manager currently working in the Premier League is actually Arsene Wenger (€9.4m) who is sixth on the list overall. Another one who is shafting the fans again and similar to Dalglish has managed to convince his fans that Giroud, Walcott and Gervinho are footballers.
What is amazing is that the most successful manager in England is paid less than the jokers above.
List of top 10 best-paid managers in 2012-13 (Source France Football – figures in Euros)
1. Jose Mourinho (Real Madrid): 14m
2. Carlo Ancelotti (PSG): 12m
3. Marcelo Lippi (Guangzhou Evergrande) : 11m
4. Guus Hiddink (Anzhi Makhachkala): 10.8m
5. Kenny Dalglish (Unemployed): 10m
6. Arsene Wenger (Arsenal): 9.4m
7. Fabio Capello (Russia): 9.2m
8. Roberto Mancini (Manchester City) 7.6m
9. Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) 7.5 m
10. José Antonio Camacho (China) 6.1m
Alex Ferguson is the best return on investment in England. All hail Sir Alex!!
Link to full story: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/dalglish-finish-season-britain-best-paid-manager-193054236.html
Dalglish - Best Paid Premier League Manager
posted on 20/3/13
I don't even know why you guys laugh at 35m Carroll because according to Liverpool fans Chelsea dealt with Newcastle and paid them the 35m and gave him to Liverpool with another 15m
posted on 20/3/13
Carroll is the reason Sturridge left Chelsea.
Kenny's not all bad
posted on 20/3/13
The same way Johnson only cost £11m because Pompey already owed them £7m?
#ScouseFinance
posted on 20/3/13
Or Aquilani cost 4m with add ons
posted on 20/3/13
Blimey!
I was led to believe he was just a stop gap manager after they sacked Hodgson, didn't think he received that much money. I know it's a job and all that but do you really need to take that much from a club you supposedly love?
I still can't get my head around the fact Wenger earns more than Ferguson.
posted on 20/3/13
thanks for the concern guys
posted on 20/3/13
Aquillain £4m you was robbed, but hey you will go to Liverpool
posted on 20/3/13
You are welcome Suso
posted on 20/3/13
I find it hard to believe wenger gets paid at all.
posted on 20/3/13
If I failed at my job for a decade, I would be out the door. Wenger's got a good cash cow there