Ed Woodward was the highest paid Premier League director over the last two years, earning over £1m in a year’s salary than 16 of the top flight’s best paid chiefs.
Manchester United chief executive Woodward has announced he will leave the club after a turbulent eight years in charge of off-field matters at Old Trafford.
Woodward was rarely looked upon favourably by United fans, who even attacked his Cheshire home with flares and a smoke bomb.
The latest figures will do little boost his reputation either after it emerged that he is the highest-paid director in the Premier League.
According to data from Swiss Ramble, Woodward earned £3.087million last year, slightly less than the £3.16million salary he collected 12 months prior.
Since replacing David Gill in 2013, it is understood that Woodward has taken home an eye-watering £21m in his capacity as chief executive at United.
Last year’s figure puts him just ahead of Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, who was paid just under £3m last year, despite putting 550 members of staff on furlough before reversing the decision in the wake of widespread criticism.
Crystal Palace’s Steve Parish comes in third at £2.6m, while Chelsea are believed to have paid a total of £2.25m to all of their directors.
Bournemouth paid £1.8m in the season they went down, while Liverpool are next in the standings, having shelled out £1.7m to their best paid director.
Perhaps surprisingly, Brighton, Fulham, West Ham and Everton all pay more than Arsenal, whose £846k wage puts them 11th in the table.
Wolves are a shade under £500k, while Newcastle and Leicester pay just over £250k to their top-earning chief.
Manchester City are absent from the list as they do not disclose how much their highest-earning director is paid.
