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).
The French outlet only published the top three earners from England, Spain, Germany and France - alongside all 20 top-flight domestic salaries.
That means Arsenal ’s Mikel Arteta and Manchester United ’s Erik ten Hag are not featured despite reportedly being on significantly more than the second and third best-paid in Germany - Bayer Leverkusen's Xabi Alonso on €417,000 (£366,000) per year and Wolfsburg’s Niko Kovac on €334,000 (£293,000).
Of interest to many Chelsea fans is the revelation that Potter earns more than his predecessor Thomas Tuchel receives in his new gig at Bayern Munich. The Champions League winner is, however, on more than double the next well remunerated in the Bundesliga with €1m per season deal.
L’Equipe also say that Real Madrid ’s Carlo Ancelotti’s monthly pay of €910,000 (£800,000) may be only a third of his city neighbour Simeone but that is still three times more than Barcelona ’s Xavi Hernandez’s €320,000 (£281,000).
Serie A’s top earner is Juventus gaffer Max Allegri, on €1.07m (£930,000) per month. Roma’s Jose Mourinho is back in third on €770,000 (£676,000) a month.
In Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain’s Christophe Galtier, who is set to depart at the end of the season following another Champions League failure, leads the way on €665,000 (£584,000) per month - and Will Still, the 30-year-old Englishman yet to receive his Pro Licence, is bottom of the pile on €18,500 (£16,250).
L’Equipe also published a list of the best paid players - with the top three all featuring at PSG. Kylian Mbappe makes €6m (£5.26m) a month, followed by Neymar on €3.67m (£3.22m) and Lionel Messi on €3.37m (£2.95,).
Beyond Paris the highest-earning player is Real Madrid’s perpetually crocked Eden Hazard on €2.25m (£1.97m) a month, while Kevin De Bruyne (€1.95m; £1.71m) leads Erling Haaland (€1.83m; £1.6m) in the Premier League. Haaland, however, is understood to receive unprecedented goal bonuses.
Saido Mane’s €2m (£1.75m) a month tops the Bundesliga list, with former Arsenal target Dusan Vlahovic the leader in Italy, making €1.07m (£930,000) from Juventus.
