Mauricio Pochettino could not reach Liga MX due to his high salary

Mauricio Pochettino, recently appointed as United States national team strategist He was about to arrive at the Liga MX to manage the Rayados del Monterrey, when the Monterrey leadership began negotiations with the Argentine strategist, but the high salary reversed the plans of the Monterrey team.

According to unofficial versions, it is assured that when the directive headed by Jose Antonio Noriegalooking for a successor to Argentine Fernando “Tano” Ortiz, approached Pochettino, but when the current United States coach let them know that his value was worth between $8 and $10 million a year, the deal fell through.

Monterrey sought other Argentine coaches like Eduardo “Chacho” Coudet, Eduardo “Toto” Berizzo recently hired by León, but in the end they opted for fellow Argentinian Martín Demichelis, who had ended his employment relationship with River Plate.

The strange thing about this matter is that in recent days the Monterrey board He assured that they were close to signing the highly-rated Spanish defender, Sergio Ramos, whose fee is not cheap at all, which is why the version that the 8 to 10 million dollars a year that Pochettino asked for was excessive for the management of the striped squad.

It is well known that the painting of Cerro de la Silla It is one of the teams with the greatest economic power in Mexican soccer and opening the wallet has never been a problem to attract high-level reinforcements such as Jesús “Tecatito” Corona himself, the Spaniard, Sergio Canales and several other high-level players.

The most sought-after technicians

In the face of the version of what the 8 million dollars that Pochettino earns They were excessive for Monterrey and should be reviewed according to the data from the specialized website on signings StatistaArgentine Marcelo Gallardo from Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia who earns approximately 30 million dollars.

Next comes Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola for $23 million, Englishman Steven Gerrard, also from Al Ettifaq of Saudi Arabia, 17.7 million dollars, and Argentine Diego Simeone from Atlético de Madrid with 13 million dollars.

As well as the German Tomas Tuchel from Bayern Munich with 12 million, while Mauricio Pochettino received 11.5 million dollars with Chelsea.

On this list too figure in the German Jürgen Klopp of Liverpool with 10.5 million dollars, Erick ten Hag from the Netherlands with Manchester United, Massimiliano Allegri from Juventus with 9 million dollars and the Spaniard Luis Enrique from Paris Saint-Germain with 8 million dollars.

So for Pochettino’s high salary The possibility that the recently appointed strategist of the team with the Stars and Stripes could manage in the Liga MX was cut short, taking into account that it would have been interesting to measure Pochettino’s ability in a tournament that for many foreigners has not been a Sunday walk.

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