Hodgson joins sport rich list
It’s not just Roy Hodgson’s experience as a football manager that has been cranked up a notch since his appointment as England manager.
His bank balance is also looking a lot healthier.
With a fortune that now stands at £32m, up £5m on last year, Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson is the wealthiest football manager in The Sunday Times Rich List 2012.
Fergie is joined in the football managers’ rich List this year by Tottenham’s Harry Redknapp, worth £12m, and the new England manager, Roy Hodgson, worth £11m.
Arsenal’s Arsene Wegner, the highest paid manager in the Premier League, with a salary recently reported to be £7.5m a year, has seen his fortune rise by £7m to £26m.
THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORT RICH LIST 2012 - THE RICHEST FOOTBALL MANAGERS
1. Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United. 2012 wealth: £32m - 2011 wealth: £27m
2. Roy Keane. 2012 wealth: £29m – 2011 wealth: £30m
3. Arsene Wenger, Arsenal. 2012 wealth: £26m – 2011 wealth: £19m
4. Giovanni Trapattoni, Republic of Ireland. 2012 wealth: £20m – 2011 wealth: £20m
5. Roberto Mancini, Manchester City. 2012 wealth: £18m – 2011 wealth: £16m
6. Sven-Göran Eriksson. 2012 wealth: £16m – 2011 wealth: £16m
7. Steve Bruce. 2012 wealth: £14m – 2011 wealth: £11m
8. Harry Redknapp, Tottenham. 2012 wealth: £12m – 2011 wealth: New
9=. Roy Hodgson, WBA/England. 2012 wealth: £11m – 2011 wealth: New
9=. Mark Hughes, QPR. 2012 wealth £11m – 2011 wealth: £11m
11=. Martin O’Neill, Sunderland. 2012 wealth: £10m – 2011 wealth: £10m
11=. David Moyes, Everton. 2012 wealth: £10m – 2011 wealth: New
The third annual Sunday Times Sport Rich List is published in a special supplement this weekend (May 6), which profiles the 100 wealthiest sportsmen in Britain and Ireland and the 40 richest young sportsmen, aged 30 and under.
The list is based on identifiable wealth (earnings, property, other assets such as art and racehorses, or significant shares in publicly quoted companies), and excludes bank accounts (to which the paper has no access).
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