Diego Simeone of Atletico Madrid emerges as the highest-paid coach in the whole of European football with a monthly salary of €3.33m per month according to L’Equipe.

Football espana reported that Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola is second at €1.89m, Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp third at €1.49m, Tottenham Hotspur coach Antonio Conte fourth at €1.49m and Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri fifth at €1.17m.

The second-highest earning coach in La Liga is Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti at €910,000.

Simeone joined Atletico a decade ago making him he longest-serving of the coaches in the list and he has since led them to great success, winning two La Liga titles, the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de Espana, two Europa League titles and two European Super Cups.