Its celebration time for all Red devils fans as, Sir Alex Ferguson has come out on top of another table — as British football’s wealthiest manager – with his former midfielder Roy Keane in second place.
In the week his Manchester United team regained the Barclays Premier League crown, Ferguson has been named the richest boss in the country with a fortune of £34million.
The 71-year-old, who earns in the region of £7m a year at Old Trafford and owns a string of racehorses, is ahead of his former Old Trafford captain Keane and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
Winning again: Sir Alex Ferguson is top of the 2013 Sunday Times Rich List with a fortune of £34million
They are each worth £29m according to the fourth annual Sunday
Times Sport Rich List, which accounts for sportsmen in Britain and
Ireland.
Other interests: Roy Keane made plenty of money as a player and also works for ITV
As a player Keane, the former Sunderland and Ipswich manager, broke through the £100,000-a-week salary mark, while Arsenal boss Wenger continues to be handsomely paid during his long reign at the Emirates.
Toughest job in the land? England boss Roy Hodgson is joint 10th
England manager Roy Hodgson, on a £3m-a-year deal with the FA,
squeaks into the top 10 on £12m but is behind predecessor Sven Goran
Eriksson, who has accumulated £16m.Manchester City chief Roberto Mancini and Ireland supremo Giovanni Trapattoni lie in joint-fourth on the list with fortunes of £21m.
Chelsea’s interim manager Rafa Benitez also makes the list, with £12m, despite not being on it last year
Ranking | Name | Team | 2013 wealth | 2012 wealth |
1 | Sir Alex Ferguson | Manchester United | £34m | £32m |
2= | Roy Keane | Ex Ipswich Town and Sunderland | £29m | £29m |
2= | Arsene Wenger | Arsenal | £29m | £26m |
4= | Roberto Mancini | Manchester City | £21m | £18m |
4= | Giovanni Trapattoni | Ireland | £21m | £20m |
6 | Sven-Goran Eriksson | Ex England and Leicester City | £16m | £16m |
7= | Steve Bruce | Hull | £14m | £14m |
7= | Mark Hughes | Ex-QPR | £14m | £11m |
9 | Harry Redknapp | QPR | £13m | £12m |
10= | Rafa Benitez | Chelsea | £12m | New |
10= | Roy Hodgson | England | £12m | £11m |
10= | Martin O’Neill | Sunderland | £12m | £10m |
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