Carlo Ancelotti leads national team coaches’ salary rankings ahead of Jurgen Klopp

Carlo Ancelotti is the highest-paid national team manager, earning €10m a year with Brazil and sitting €3m clear of second-placed Jurgen Klopp.

The figures, reported by Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, citing German publication Bild, reveal a wide gap between the salaries of coaches in international football.

Klopp ranks second after agreeing an annual salary of €7m from the German Football Association. Mauricio Pochettino is third on €6.8m with the United States, while Thomas Tuchel is fourth on €6m per year with England.

Luis de la Fuente, who earns €5m annually with Spain, occupies fifth place. Jorge Jesus is sixth on €4m a year.

The list highlights the significant financial differences among managers of national teams, with Ancelotti’s salary standing well above that of his closest challengers.

Zinedine Zidane is seventh, receiving €3.6m annually from the French Football Association. Xavi Hernandez is eighth, with a salary of €3m from the Netherlands national team.

Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni and Austria coach Ralf Rangnick complete the top 10, ranking ninth and 10th respectively. No salary figures were given for either manager in the published list.

Ancelotti’s position at the top is particularly notable because his €10m annual package is €3m higher than Klopp’s, the second-highest-paid coach among the national teams included in the ranking.

The figures underline how the value placed on managerial experience and reputation differs across international football, while also showing the financial strength of the associations employing coaches from some of the game’s leading coaching nations.