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Capello tops football managers'' rich list

London, Oct. 8 : The age when managers earned less than the players they coach is well and truly over.

According to the sports-related website FourFourTwo, England team coach Fabio Capello is the richest manager in the world, but Roy Keane is catching him up fast.

According to The Sun, Capello is only three million pounds ahead of the controversial Irishman Keane.

Capello, 63, has a 30 million pound fortune thanks to phenomenal success around the world and his 6.5 million pound annual FA salary.

Following is the football managers'' rich list for 2009.

1. Fabio Capello £30m (England)

2. Roy Keane £27m (Ipswich Town)

3. Sir Alex Ferguson £22m (Manchester United)

4. Carlo Ancelotti £17m (Chelsea)

5. Sven-Göran Eriksson £15m (Notts County)

6. Arsene Wenger £15m (Arsenal)

7. Harry Redknapp £10m (Tottenham Hotspur)

8. Rafa Benitez £9m (Liverpool)

9. Martin O''Neill £9m (Aston Villa)

10. Mark Hughes £8m (Manchester City) (ANI)


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