Report imagines Italy appointing Guardiola: Sponsors could help with HUGE Salary

Previously, Bonucci said that the Italian team should hire Guardiola, which caused heated discussions.

Subsequently, "La Gazzetta dello Sport" envisioned the way for the Italian team to appoint Guardiola.

According to reports, the Italian Football Association's budget cannot be compared with Manchester City (Guardiola's pre-tax annual salary is 24.8 million euros, about 14 million euros under the UK's tax rate for the rich, plus bonuses). Ancelotti has just renewed his contract with the Brazilian team until 2030, with an annual salary of nearly 10 million euros, and will receive an additional 5 million euros bonus if he leads the team to win the World Cup.

Hiring a coach of this level is extremely expensive, but if the model of appointing Conte in the summer of 2014 is followed, the accounts may even work. At that time, a generous technical sponsor closely related to Conte bore about half of his annual salary of 4.1 million. Coincidentally, this brand is the same party that sponsors Guardiola: Puma. In fact, Guardiola is also Puma's "quasi-ambassador" - he participates in product development and promotes these products globally.

Obviously, it is not realistic to finalize a contract that meets both the Football Association's salary standards and Guardiola's requirements. But if both parties are willing to reach a consensus, if a serious plan can be launched for Guardiola to participate in the coordination of the youth national team and participate in creating a football development model, then the various conditions may be balanced. However, this is always inseparable from the support of sponsors, who can also benefit from it.

After Conte left, the highest-paid coach of the Italian team was Mancini. After leading the team to win the European Champion, his contract was renewed and his net annual salary rose to 3 million euros, but this money alone is not enough to convince Guardiola - he obviously does not need to enrich his personal assets with this job, but his status determines that the salary requirements cannot be lower than a certain bottom line.

So what about other coaches? The salaries of foreign coaches are generally higher than the conventional level in Italy: Tuchel (England team), Nagelsmann (German team) and Deschamps (French team) all receive generous remuneration. Interestingly, Scaloni and De la Fuente's salaries are in the normal range: the former 2 million euros, the latter 1.2 million euros.