When it comes to accomplished nations in the World Cup, Mexico lags far behind other countries who have hoisted the silverware and have won a title. But when it comes to managerial salaries, Mexico is in rarified air. According to Argentine publication Ole, Mexico manager Javier Aguirre is the third-highest paid manager among World Cup nations, second only to England's Fabio Capello and Italy's Marcelo Lippi. Aguirre reportedly rakes in $4 million annually. Aguirre makes more than Germany's Joachim Low ($2.6 million), Carlos Quieroz of Portugal ($2 million), Brazil's Dunga ($1.25 million) and Argentina's Diego Maradona ($1.2 million). Only Capello ($10 million) and Lippi ($4.1 million) make more than Aguirre. The World Cup manager with the lowest salary is Nigeria's Shaibu Amodu, who pulls in $180,000. Mexico's Aguirre makes 10 times a year as much as his American counterpart, as Bob Bradley's salary is $400,000 per year. Aguirre also makes more than the combined salaries of his fellow Group A managers: South Africa's Carlos Alberto Parreira ($1.8 million), France's Raymond Domenech ($720,000) and Uruguay's Oscar Washington Tabarez ($300,000). All figures are in American dollars. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/soccer/12/08/manager-salary/index.html#ixzz0ZCsVaD4P - Fabio Capello (England): 9.900.000 - Marcelo Lippi (Italy): 4.100.000 - Javier Aguirre (México): 4.000.000 - Joachim Löw (Germany): 2.300.000 - Berter van Marwijk (Holland): 2.700.000 - Ottmar Hitzfeld (Switzerland): 2.600.000 - Vicente del Bosque (Spain): 2.200.000 - Carlos Queiroz (Portugal): 2.000.000 - Pim Verbeek (Australia): 1.820.000 - Carlos Parreira (South Africa): 1.800.000 - Dunga (Brasil): 1.250.000 - Diego Maradona (Argentina): 1.200.000 - Takeshi Okada (Japan): 1.200.000 - Ricki Herbert (New Zealand): 1.200.000 - Otto Rehhagel (Greece): 1.150.000 - Paul Le Guen (Cameroon): 960.000 - Marcelo Bielsa (Chile): 850.000 - Vahdi Halilhodzic (Ivory Coast): 740.000 - R. Domenech (France): 720.000 - Hun Jung Moo (South Korea): 600.000 - Morten Olsen (Denmark): 570.000 - Milovan Rajevac (Ghana): 540.000 - Bob Bradley (USA): 400.000 - Radomir Antic (Serbia): 447.000 - Matjaz Kek (Eslovenia): 360.000 - Gerardo Martino (Paraguay): 360.000 - Rabah Saadane (Argelia): 360.000 - Reinaldo Rueda (Honduras): 350.000 - Vladimir Weiss (Eslovakia): 312.000 - Oscar Washington Tabárez (Uruguay): 300.000 - Kim Jong Hun (North Korea): 250.000 - Shaibu Amodu (Nigeria): 180.000
Bet if Hiddink was on there, he'd be top (yes I know they didn't qualify). Also, Domenech must be jealous, but then again he doesn't even deserve what he's getting.
What does Fabio Capello have in common with the managers of Brazil, Argentina, France, Chile, Ivory Coast, South Korea, Denmark, Ghana, Serbia, USA, Slovenia, Paraguay, Algeria, Honduras, Slovakia, Uruguay, North Korea and Nigeria? Capello earns the same amount as all the others. Put together. Yes, according to Spanish paper Marca, for the same price as the England manager you could afford a brains trust of the bosses from 18 of our World Cup rivals. The £6.1 million Capello gets paid every year is more than three times the amount earned by the next best-rewarded boss - his countryman, World Cup-winning Italy coach Marcello Lippi. On the face of things, it looks like a shocking waste of money and another example of outrageous largesse from the suits at Wembley. But then you look at the managers of the major teams named in the above list. There's Raymond Domenech and Diego Maradona, two of world football's bigger laughing stocks, and two men who have ensured their countries have significantly less chance of winning the tournament than they ought to. And there's Dunga, who appears to have done a good job with Brazil so far but is as yet unproven at squeaky-bum time. Capello, on the other hand, has won Serie A seven times with three teams, La Liga twice in separate spells at Real Madrid, and the Champions League twice. As and when England get themselves into a pickle in South Africa - and they certainly will - ED trusts Capello will know what to do. He cannot guarantee success, but he can provide clear, logical decision-making when it matters. International football can be a frustrating business. The players you have are the players you have. If you don't have a quality goalkeeper there is nothing you can do - except possibly make overtures to a screaming mediocrity like Manuel Almunia. While clubs can spent hundreds of millions on new players, countries have much less room for manoeuvre. The manager is the single most important member of staff a football team has, and that is magnified when you cannot change your players. The FA reported operating costs of £245 million in 2008. Early Doors has no problem whatsoever with spending about 2.5 per cent of that on a manager. If - and this an 'if' so big you can see it from space - you have the right manager in place, then £6m a year is a bargain. As well as being something worth doing in its own right, winning the World Cup is the single biggest thing that can happen to boost grass-roots participation, increase public goodwill and bring in global sponsors. It is the silver bullet. ED reckons England and France have roughly equivalent squads. Yet while the Three Lions are third favourites for the World Cup at a best-price 6/1, Les Bleus can be backed 18/1 - the bookies reckon we have a 14.3 per cent chance of winning the World Cup, and the French just 5.3 per cent. Why the difference? Are France being punished for the sins of Thierry Henry? Are England just over-rated (well, a bit)? Or is it due almost entirely to the yawning gap in competence between the two managers? So, if it costs 14 times more to employ Capello than Domenech, fine. Put simply, any time you have the chance to spend £6m-a-year on somebody who makes you three times more likely to win the World Cup, you have to do it. WORLD CUP MANAGERS' PAY LEAGUE 1-Fabio Capello (England) - £6.1m 2-Marcello Lippi (Italy) - £1.8m 3-Bert van Marwijk (Netherlands) - £1.7m 4-Ottmar Hitzfeld (Switzerland) - £1.6m 5-Joachim Loew (Germany) - £1.4m 6-Vicente Del Bosque (Spain) - £1.4m 7-Carlos Queiroz (Portugal) - £1.2m 8-Pim Verbeek (Australia) - £1.1m 8-Javier Aguirre (Mexico) - £1.1m 8-Carlos Alberto Parreira (South Africa) - £1.1m 11-Dunga (Brazil) - £750,000 12-Diego Maradona (Argentina) - £740,000 12-Takeshi Okada (Japan) - £740,000 12-Ricki Herbert (New Zealand) - £740,000 15-Otto Rehhagel (Greece) - £710,000 16-Paul Le Guen (Cameroon) - £590,000 17-Marcelo Bielsa (Chile) - £520,000 18-Vahid Halilhodzic (Ivory Coast) - £460,000 19-Raymond Domenech (France) - £440,000 20-Huh Jung Moo (South Korea) - £370,000 21-Morten Olsen (Denmark) - £350,000 22-Milovan Rajevic (Ghana) - £330,000 23-Radomir Antic (Serbia) - £280,000 24-Bob Bradley (USA) - £250,000 25-Matjaz Kek (Slovenia) - £220,000 25-Gerardo Martino (Paraguay) - £220,000 25-Rabah Saadane (Algeria) - £220,000 25-Reinaldo Rueda (Honduras) - £220,000 29-Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia) - £190,000 30-Oscar Tabarez (Uruguay) - £180,000 31-Kim Jonh Hun (North Korea) - £150,000 32-Shaibu Amodu (Nigeria) - £110,000 http://eurosport.yahoo.com/football/early-doors/article/218015/ again...someone answer what does it have to do with traveling?
It has more to do with 'fans' than 'traveling'. You know this is 'Fans & Travel' board. Just my $0.02.
It's light/trivia-based fan discussion, which is what this board is for ('Fans & Travel' is somewhat of a catch-all name). The main boards are for more football-based threads. Read the stickies, it's all in there. If it developed into an analysis of tactics and the success of various coaches relative to their pay grade I might put it back, for example.