The FourFourTwo Football Rich List 2005

See also the 2006 Football Rich List.

In December 2005, football magazine FourFourTwo published their rich list of those involved in English football. It included chairmen as well as players and managers with chairmen dominating.

In first place was Roman Abramovich with a cool £10 billion. Other notable figures included Sir Alan Sugar in fourth and Malcolm Glazer in fifth.

The lists below focus on players and then managers.

Players

• 1. David Beckham with £75m

• 2. Dennis Bergkamp with £37m

• 3. Michael Owen with £30m

• 4. Robbie Fowler with £28m

• 5. Sol Campbell with £26m

• 6. Roy Keane with £25m

• 7. Alan Shearer with £22m

• 8= Rio Ferdinand with £20m

• 8= Ryan Giggs with £20m

• 8= Ruud van Nistelrooy with £20m

Other notables were Thierry Henry (11); Steven Gerrard (13=); Frank Lampard (13=); John Terry (13=) and Wayne Rooney (20).

Managers

• 1. Jose Mourinho

• 2. Sir Alex Ferguson

• 3. Sven-Goran Eriksson

• 4. Arsene Wenger

• 5= Rafa Benitez

• 5= David O'Leary

• 7. Harry Redknapp

• 8= Mark Hughes

• 8= Graeme Souness

• 8= Gordon Strachan

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