Argentine Diego Simeone is the highest paid coach in the worldaccording to a ranking published by the French sports newspaper L’Equipe in which he surpasses renowned figures such as the Spanish Pep Guardiola and the Portuguese José Mourinho, among others.
The coach of Atlético de Madrid is the only non-European in the top ten of the list, with great difference on the rest.
Total, Cholo charges 34 million euros per year, that is, about 2.8 million euros per month. Well far from the second, Guardiola, with 22.4 million euros per year; and the third, the German Jürgen Klopp, with 17.8 million.
So, these are the ten best paid coaches today with a curiosity, none of their teams are leaders in their respective leagues:
- Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid; 3rd in LaLiga 17 points behind the leader Barcelona; eliminated from the Champions League in the group stage): 34 million euros per year.
- Pep Guardiola (Manchester City; 2nd in the Premier League 8 points behind leader Arsenal; in the quarterfinals of the Champions League): 22.4 million euros per year.
- Jürgen Klopp (Liverpool; 6th in the Premier League 27 points behind leader Arsenal; eliminated from the Champions League in the round of 16): 17.8 million euros per year.
- Graham Potter (Chelsea; 10th in the Premier League 31 points behind leader Arsenal; in the quarterfinals of the Champions League): 13.5 million euros per year.
- Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus; 7th in Serie A 30 points behind the leader; eliminated from the Champions League in groups, in the quarterfinals of the Europa League): 12.8 million euros per year.
- Thomas Tuchel (Bayern Munich; 2nd in the Bundesliga one point behind leader Borussia Dortmund; in the quarterfinals of the Champions League): 12 millions euros per year.
- Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid; 2nd in LaLiga 12 points behind the leader Barcelona; in the quarterfinals of the Champions League): 11 million euros per year.
- Simone Inzaghi (Inter Milan; 3rd in Serie A 21 points behind the leader Napoli; in the quarterfinals of the Champions League): 10 million euros per year.
- José Mourinho (Roma; 5th in Serie A 34 points behind the leader Napoli; in Europa League quarterfinals): 9.2 million euros per year.
- Xabi Alonso (Bayer Leverkusen; 8th in the Bundesliga 16 points behind the leader Borussi Dortmund; eliminated from the Champions League in groups, in the quarterfinals of the Europa League): 5 million euros per year.
