Southampton have revealed former chairman Nico Cortese was on salary of £2 million.
Cortese was paid almost £2million in his final full season as Southampton executive chairman, accounts have revealed.
Accounts to June 30, 2013, published by Companies House, show that the Italian, who resigned on January 15, banked £1,965,511 (around £38,000 per week) for Southampton's first season back in the Premier League.
It was a payrise of more than £500,000 from his remuneration package the previous year, when Saints earned promotion from the Championship.
The figures are revealed in accounts published by Southampton's parent company DMWSL 613 Ltd, which is now known as St Mary's Football Group Ltd.
