Who do you know who earns over £8 million a year and for what tasks? Look no further, because football managers can earn that and more every year. Portuguese manager and self-proclaimed 'Special One' Jose Mourinho earns £11.7 million a year, while Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is in second place on £10.8 million. Former Chelsea manager Luis Felipe Scolari, now a coach at Bunyodkor, a little-known big spender in Uzbekistan, comes third with £8.5 million. These gains are because football managers are directly responsible for their team's performance and, therefore, the club's success on and off the field. Sports management and particularly football management is considered the system of planning, organizing, operating and controlling resources for the effective and efficient delivery of football product services and results. However, before a manager can accomplish their tasks, they must first be able to access their team's performance at any time, and here describes their first task to successfully manage their team. In football, there are many indicators that help to access the performance of any team after any moment. given match. The most common performance indicator in football is called scoreline, which compares the number of goals scored between competing teams and ultimately determines the winner of the match. In football management this is called the result indicator and only gives a very basic assessment of the team's performance. Take for example the opening match of the 1990 World Cup in Italy which was the scene of one of the greatest shocks in football history when underdogs Cameroon beat the defending champions, the Argentina-Diego Maradona, even though he finished the match with only nine men. However, this score... middle of paper ... is evident in how teams have performed over the years under their managers. Sir Alex Ferguson, who currently manages Manchester United, which he has managed since 1986, has had a direct and clearly visible influence on the team's performance and therefore the football club's achievements. With 23 years as manager of Manchester United, Ferguson has won numerous awards and holds many records, including being Manager of the Year for the most times in British football history. In 2008, he became the third British manager to win the European Cup multiple times. The team's performances are reminiscent of those of the manager, giving Manchester United FC the right to be considered one of the most successful in the history of English football. So, is a football manager directly responsible for the team's performance? My answer is a resounding yes.!