This manager claims he is the second best coach in the world right now

Croatia manager Zlatko Dalic wants more than £3.8million to sign a new deal after labelling himself the second best coach in the world.  

Dalic guided Croatia to the World Cup final this summer, where they eventually succumbed to France in the final.

And after the impressive display in Russia, the 51-year-old, who has two years to run on his existing contract, now believes he is worthy of a bumper new salary in keeping with some of the highest paid managers on the planet.  

'Like it or not, I am the second best coach in the world,' Dalic told Croatian newspaper Vecernji list.

'And this figure of £3.8m per year for the second coach in the world is too small! 

'I have two years on my contract left and I can stay with the team for that long, but I said that after the tour of United States [in March] I made the decision to go.

'I cannot stand that people who kicked the ball twice in their lifetime decide about my destiny on the Croatian bench! I'm independent and unburdened, but I cannot let anyone play with me and have someone try to dismiss me in two months.