6) Carlo Ancelotti – Real Madrid – £6.26m per year
The Italian has already won this season’s Copea del Rey in what in his debut campaign in charge at the Santiago Bernabeu, and now he has the chance to write his name into Los Blancos history by guiding the La Liga giants to glory in Saturday’s Uefa Champions League final against city-rivals Atletico Madrid in Lisbon for what would be a 10th European Cup title.