Simeone ahead of Guardiola on best-paid managers list

Pep Guardiola remains the Premier League’s highest-earning head coach but the Manchester City chief continues to be eclipsed by former La Liga rival Diego Simeone.

The Atletico Madrid boss is the best paid in Europe according to L’Equipe’s annual salary report with an eye-watering monthly income of €2.83m (£2.48m) before tax - or £29.8m a year.

And Guardiola, who is second overall, trails him by almost €1m a month. The newspaper said that City pay him €1.87m (£1.64m), or €22.44m (£19.7m) a year.

Next on the list is Liverpool ’s Jurgen Klopp on €1.49m (£1.3m) per month and €17.88m (£15.7m) a year, followed by Chelsea head coach Graham Potter, who signed a five-year deal in September, on €1.13m (£990,000) or €13.56m (£11.9m).

 

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I really do not understand how Simeone can earn so much money as a coach when he has really shown little with his team Atlético de Madrid, he only has won two leagues and has lost two Champions League finals and in recent years is not even able to pass the knockout stages in the Champions League, it is said that you charge what you generate, I do not think Simeone generates so much money.