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Three Premier League managers make top five as Europe's highest-paid managers revealed

Dan Hargraves

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Three Premier League managers make top five as Europe's highest-paid managers revealed

Europe's 12 highest-paid managers have been revealed with three Premier League bosses making up the top five. However, the biggest managerial salary on the continent isn't of a coach working his trade in England.

In fact, Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone is somewhat surprisingly Europe's best-paid manager following a report from L'Equipe, stating that the Argentine earns just shy of £30million per year.

Aside from the fact that Spain's current third-best side is paying Europe's largest managerial salary, it is also a surprise as to how much more Simeone earns compared to his nearest competitor in Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola who earns over £10million less per year at £19,721,724.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp (£15,714,724 per year) and Chelsea head coach Graham Potter (£11,917,404 per year) make up third and fourth in the list whilst Juventus boss Max Allegri makes slightly less than Potter with £11,284,620 per year.

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The other seven managers included in the report coach outside of the Premier League with three clubs from all of the top-five European leagues except Ligue 1 represented.

Upon becoming the new Bayern Munich manager over the international break, Thomas Tuchel also became Europe's sixth-highest paid boss, earning a reported yearly income of £10,547,580, slightly over £1million more than former Bayern boss and current Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti.

Having won Serie A in the 2020/21 season under Antonio Conte, Inter Milan currently pay the Italian's successor, Simone Inzaghi, the eighth highest salary at £8,753,484 per year with the Inter manager set to miss out on a Scudetto for the second season in a row.

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Jose Mourinho's Roma are also set to miss out on the league title in Italy this season to high-flying Napoli, however the Portuguese manager closely follows Inzaghi in ninth, earning £8,120,712.

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Despite their annual pay still being eye-watering, the remaining three managers earn salaries sizeably less than their fellow bosses with Bayer Leverkusen's Xabi Alonso (£4,397,832), Wolfsburg's Niko Novac (£3,522,480) and Barcelona's Xavi (£3,374,832) making up the final three places.

Interestingly, bottom-of-the-table Barcelona are the only club mentioned that are top of their respective domestic league whilst five of the final eight in the Champions League are included.

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Notable exclusions include Manchester United's Erik ten Hag, Arsenal's Mikel Arteta, PSG's Christophe Galtier and Napoli's Luciano Spalletti, amongst others.

Featured Image Credit: Alamy

Topics: Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga, Graham Potter, Chelsea, Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp

Dan Hargraves
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