Guardiola is the most expensive coach in the world, you won't believe who the 2nd is

The importance of coaches is enormous in soccer teams. Not only do they train the team during the week and decide the lineup that will play in each match, but they also make decisions that have to do with human relations among the players. In addition, they are often important when it comes to choosing the possible signings that the club will make in each transfer window.

That is why the salaries paid to coaches to take charge of the most important teams in the world are increasingly higher.

Pep Guardiola achieved the treble last season with Manchester City, when he won the three most important tournaments of the year: the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League. So it is no surprise that he is ranked number one in the ranking of the world's highest paid coaches, with $23 million per year.

What no one imagined was that the second place would go to Steven Gerrard, who at Al-Ettifaq in Saudi Arabia has a salary of $18 million per year. The former Liverpool midfielder is just starting his coaching career. Between 2018 and 2022 he managed Rangers of Scotland, winning the league title in the 2020/21 season. He was then hired by Aston Villa, where he did not do well and left his position before the end of the championship. Now he was hired by the Por League team and will look to compete against the most powerful clubs in the Asian country.

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Below Guardiola and Gerrard are other coaches who manage some of Europe's top teams. They are Diego Simeone of Atletico Madrid ($15 million), Thomas Tuchel of Bayern Munich ($12 million), Mauricio Pochettino of Chelsea ($11.5 million), Jurgen Klopp of Liverpool ($10.5 million), Erik Ten Hag of Manchester United ($10.4 million), Massimiliano Allegri of Juventus ($9 million), Luis Enrique of PSG ($8 million) and Jose Mourinho of Roma ($7 million).