While Simeone earns 30 million at Atletico, the salary that Gallardo will have at Al Ittihad

The fate of the distinguished Argentine coach Marcelo Gallardo has finally been revealed after a long time. The former River Plate coach will coach in Saudi Arabia and take the reins of Al Ittihad, the club where Karim Benzema and company play. For many, he is a coach with enough quality to be in an important European club, but it seems that he ended up being convinced with an important financial offer.

Argentine coaches are certainly well valued in the market. One of them is Diego Simeone, who claims to be the highest paid coach in the world. According to SER, in the most recent renewal, Simeone agreed to a figure of just over 30 million euros per season. An amount that neither Pep Guardiola nor Jurgen Klopp currently charge in their respective clubs.

The newspaper As published that Marcelo Gallardo was tempted by Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia to become their new coach. And that, if he accepts the invitation, he “will become one of the highest paid coaches on the planet.” This is the same team in which Karim Benzema plays, and who has just dismissed the coach, the Portuguese Nuno Espírito Santo, due to the bad relationship he had with the former Real Madrid striker. A figure between 20 to 25 million euros.

The news of Al Ittihad

Al-Ittihad is fifth in the Saudi Pro League, eleven points behind Al-Hilal, the tournament leader. Although there is no Argentine in its ranks, it has several world-renowned figures and multimillion-dollar salaries. In addition to Benzema, N'Golo Kanté, former Chelsea and French national team midfielder, also plays there. The goalkeeper is Brazilian, former Gremio Marcelo Grohe (36 years old).