Simeone, more than Mbappé

Simeone, 3.33 million euros per month. Guardiola, 1.89. Klopp, 1.49. Those are the three coaches who earn the most in football according to L’Equipe, which has issued the list of footballers and coaches with the highest salaries in the major leagues. El Cholo leads with striking comparisons. Because his salary is almost four times higher than Ancelotti’s (0.91)coach of Real Madrid, more than Mbappé (2.22) and only similar to a compatriot: Leo Messi, 3.37 million.

With a contract until 2024 after the last renewal, Simeone’s arrival at Atlético changed the course and the recent history of the rojiblanco club. She gave him back his luster, his place in Europe, always among the greats. It has been more than ten years since that, his debut on the rojiblanco bench from the coach’s place, at La Rosaleda, on January 7, 2012. In 2019, France Football magazine already placed him at the top of the emoluments of coaches in the world: Cholo, 41 million salary (gross and premiums), followed by Mourinho (31, then at United), Henry (25.5, then at Monaco), Guardiola (24, City) and Valverde (23, then in Barcelona).

Three years later, it is striking, from that list of France Socceronly two coaches repeat among the best paid (now according to The Team). The two are still in clubs then, by the way, Atlético and Manchester City, rivals in the quarterfinals of this Champions League. Footballers, Messi is ahead and also Neymar (4.08 million). The Argentine is ahead of Mbappé, Cristiano Ronaldo (2.63) and De Bruyne (2.06), the two Premier League footballers who earn the most according to ‘L’Equipe’. Piqué, with 2.3 million a month; Bale and Hazard, with 2.2, Busquets, 1.9; and Alaba and Griezmann, 1.8 They are the LaLiga footballers who earn the most, also below Simeone.