The highest-paid coach in the world is believed to be Diego Simeone, but Antonio Conte, Max Allegri, Carlo Ancelotti, Simone Inzaghi and Jose Mourinho are in the top 10.
L’Equipe and Calcio e Finanza gave their line-up of the football tacticians with the largest salaries in world football, although these are based on reported figures and most are not formally announced.
Cholo Simeone is believed to be the top earner with an astonishing €40m per season gross with Atletico Madrid, the role he has held since December 2011 and is contracted to until June 2024.
Pep Guardiola at Manchester City is reported to earn €23m per year gross, with Jurgen Klopp picking up €17.5m per season at Liverpool.
Conte is the top-earning Italian thanks to his Tottenham Hotspur deal, believed to be worth €18m gross per year.
Allegri follows at Juventus with €12m per year, while Ancelotti is said to be getting €11m per season in his second Real Madrid stint.
Mourinho is reportedly earning €9.2m per season gross at Roma, with Simone Inzaghi rounding out the top 10 at Inter on circa €7m.
Julian Nagelsmann of Bayern Munich was placed eighth in the list on €8m.
Gli allenatori più pagati al mondo secondo L’Equipe: #Simeone al top. Da #Allegri a #Inzaghi, presenti quattro italiani nella top 10: la classifica https://t.co/Qgd1z8P4Dv pic.twitter.com/bkMA4Pq4M3
— Calcio e Finanza (@CalcioFinanza) March 22, 2022
Meanwhile, Pioli.
40m for Simeone?!
But at least he keeps the money rolling in with CL qualification and a few cups. And the players really do play for him.
Hard to see Allegri justifying his 12m a year with scared, negative football.
Pep earns a lot of money! Worth it no doubt.
@ Milan Fan
What do you mean mentioning Pioli?
The amounts earned in football, and many other sports for that matter, is quite absurd. Pep Guardiola is earning over 100 times the salary of the Prime Miister; for managing a bunch of guys kicking a ball about!
@FERBAN
Pioli gets only 3.4 mio per season.
At this economic situation, it’s unbelievable how Simeone can get 40 mio
Spurs…highest paid mangers lowest paid players.
40m gross. Who knows how much tax in spain. I remember some high profile player evaded tax there