Diego Simeone, Pep Guardiola Listed in Top 10 Highest Paid Football Managers in the World
John Castro Chukwu Ikechukwu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:29 PM
- Atletico Madrid’s Diego Simeone leads the list of the highest paid managers in the world currently
- The Argentine who has spent over a decade as Atletico Madrid’s boss earns a whopping €29m yearly
- Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti of Real Madrid also made the list
Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone is the highest-paid football manager in the world.
The Argentine leads top managers like Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti in a list that contains some of the world’s finest coaches.
The list contains two managers from La Liga, two from Bundesliga, three Serie A coaches and three from the English Premier League.
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According to Fan Nation, a 2023 list published shows Simeone is currently earning an annual salary of £29,846,244 at Atletico, which works out to £573,966 per week.
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FootballPep Guardiola of Manchester City is the highest-paid manager in England, while Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp and recently sacked Chelsea's Graham Potter also earn eight-figure salaries.
Juventus manager Max Allegri is the highest-paid manager in Italy, while Thomas Tuchel is the highest-paid manager in Germany after recently signing a contract with Bayern Munich.
Carlo Ancelotti of Real Madrid is seventh on the list and reportedly earns nearly three times more than Barcelona counterpart Xavi Hernandez who failed to make the list of the top 10 earners.
Top 10 highest-paid managers
Asides from Diego Simeone, other top managers on the top 10 highest-paid coaches according to Football Espana include:
1. Diego Simeone (Atetico Madrid) €29m
2. Pep Guardiola (Manchester City) €22.4m
3. Jürgen Klopp (Liverpool) €17.8m
4. Graham Potter (Chelsea) €13.5m
5. Max Allegri (Juventus) €12.8m
6. Thomas Tuchel (Bayern Munich) €12m
7. Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid) €11m
8. Simone Inzaghi (Inter) €10m
9. Jose Mourinho (Roma) €9.2m
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Football10. Xabi Alonso (Bayer Leverkusen) €5m
PSG urged to hire Simeone or Mourinho
Earlier, Sports Brief reported Paris Saint-Germain have been urged to appoint either Jose Mourinho or Diego Simeone, if they truly nurse any ambition of one day winning the UEFA Champions League.
PSG once again suffered heartbreak in Europe’s most prestigious club competition after they were knocked out in the round of 16 by Bayern Munich.
Former Liverpool midfielder, Danny Mills believes only a managerial change that involves the hiring of Mourinho or Simeone could make the Parisians become champions of Europe.
