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Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink happy to boss Burton on salary of just ￡40,000 a
year
Nov 13, 2014 22:30 - By James Nursey
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink says he has taken charge at Burton on a tiny
managerial salary because he "cannot live without football".
The former Leeds and Chelsea striker was unveiled on Thursday at League
Two Albion on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
He has penned a contract worth ￡40,000 a year, making him one of the
lowest paid bosses in the top four divisions.
England captain Wayne Rooney is making ￡300,000 a week at Manchester
United - meaning he gets roughly Hasselbaink's annual wage EVERY DAY.
Brewers chairman Ben Robinson admits Hasselbaink would have earned more
in a week as a player than he will in 12 months as the Staffordshire
club's manager.
But ambitious Hasselbaink, 42, said: "I can't live without football.
Football is everything for me. I want to stay in football. Money was not
the motivation.
"The motivation was the club, the set-up, the beliefs, the players, the
atmosphere in the stadium and the places where Burton want to go."
Hasselbaink was recommended for the post by Derby's former England manager
Steve McClaren, who coached him at Middlesbrough.
He becomes only the third black boss in the top four divisions of English
football, alongside Chris Powell of Championship Huddersfield and Keith
Curle at Carlisle in League Two.
But ex-Dutch international Hasselbaink added: "I applied for this job
because I know I am the right person – white, black or whatever.
"I have been given the job because I know the chairman thinks I am the
right person and that is the only thing that I want."