As an interim coach, Still became the youngest Belgian coach in top-flight history.
French outlet L’Équipe have released a breakdown of Ligue 1 coaches’ salaries. Unsurprisingly, PSG boss Christophe Galtier is the best-paid coach in the French top flight, with a monthly salary of €665,000.
Marseille’s Igor Tudor is in second place on the list, earning €330,000 per month. Former PSG manager Mauricio Pochettino was the league’s highest-earning coach with a monthly salary of €1.1m when in charge of the French champions. Pochettino has been recently linked with a move back to Tottenham after Antonio Conte left the Premier League side.
Will Still is currently in charge of Reims and has done a sensational job since taking over the club, going on a 19-game unbeaten run. Much has been made of what Still has done at the club as he didn’t have a UEFA Pro Licence. The 30-year-old continued to get results in the Champagne region of north-eastern France, including a draw away to PSG, and Reims were happy to stick by him, paying €25,000 per game until he started working on his Pro Licence.
Who is Will Still?
Still is the son of English parents who emigrated early to Belgium. Football Manager and his fascination with tactics led Still to give up trying to become a pro at the age of 17 and try his hand at coaching. He trained to be a coach at Myerscough College in Preston. With the help of 2D video game animations, he became a video analyst, before Belgian Second Division side Saint-Trond appointed him in 2014.
As an interim coach, he became the youngest Belgian coach in top-flight history. Still later joined Reims in 2021 to become the assistant to Óscar García. Under the Catalan coach, who was sacked in October, they developed a fast-paced style of play that led to a comfortable finish last season. Still is the youngest coach in Europe’s top five leagues and after he went several games unbeaten, Reims decided he was the right man for the job.