Antonio Conte is understood to have been handed a lucrative 18-month contract at Tottenham
The deal is thought to be worth a staggering £15million per year
The wages now have Conte joint-second among the top-earning managers in the Premier League
Man City's Pep Guardiola remains the highest-paid boss in the EPL with £20m per year

Antonio Conte has already joined the elite club of best-paid managers in the Premier League following his arrival at Tottenham Hotspur.

New Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte poses for a photo at Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre on November 02, 2021 in Enfield, England. (Photo by Tottenham Hotspur FC/Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images) — Antonio Conte is understood to have been handed a lucrative 18-month contract at Tottenham. Photo by Tottenham Hotspur FC.
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Conte was confirmed new Tottenham boss barely 48 hours after the dismissal of Nuno Espirito Santo.

YEN.com.gh reported Espirito was shown the door after registering a string of poor results that saw him pick just five wins in the league in 10 matches.

The Portuguese will now be succeeded by Conte who has been out of a job since quitting Inter Milan in the summer.

Incidentally, Conte was in the frame to take over Spurs at the time but he is understood to have rejected the job.

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Antonio Conte's contract

However, in a sudden turn of events, the veteran Italian tactician has accepted to take charge at the north London club for the next 18 months.

The Sun reports the 52-year-old put pen to paper on the contract thought to be worth £15million per year.

When narrowed down, that works out at around £290,000 per week for the new Tottenham manager.

It is understood the lucrative deal puts him on a level grade as Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp who extended his deal at Anfield back in December 2019.

Man City's Pep Guardiola still leads the way among the EPL's highest-paid managers, with the Spaniard believed to be pocketing a staggering £20 million per year.

Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers and Leeds United's Marcelo Bielsa are also among the best-paid boss in the English topflight.

Here are the top eight best-paid EPL bosses (wages per year):