'Show Me The Money'

Maybe Rod Tidwell coined that phrase in Jerry Maguire, but you can bet that Fabio Capello finds himself blurting that out every now and again.

The globalization of markets has enabled soccer to grow regardless of current economic conditions. One only need look at expanding player salaries and astronomical investments clubs are making. The $94 million Real Madrid recently furnished to acquire Cristiano Ronaldo is a clear example of the money that circulates the modern game.

But clubs aren’t the only ones forking out the greenback – soccer federations are dishing it out to the coaches as well. Gary Kleiban of 3 FOUR 3 has compiled data on the 32 World Cup coaches.

Coach (country)	Salary
Fabio Capello (England)	$9,900,000
Marcelo Lippi (Italy)	$4,100,000
Javier Aguirre (Mexico)	$4,000,000
Berter van Marwijk (Netherlands)	$2,700,000
Ottmar Hitzfeld (Switzerland)	$2,600,000
Joachim Low (Germany)	$2,300,000
Vicente del Bosque (Spain)	$2,200,000
Carlos Queiroz (Portugal)	$2,000,000
Pim Verbeek (Australia)	$1,820,000
Carlos Parreira (South Africa)	$1,800,000
Dunga (Brazil)	$1,250,000
Diego Maradona (Argentina)	$1,200,000
Takeshi Okada (Japan)	$1,200,000
Ricki Herbert (New Zealand)	$1,200,000
Otto Rehhagel (Greece)	$1,150,000
Paul Le Guen (Cameroon)	$960,000
Marcelo Bielsa (Chile)	$850,000
Vahdi Halilhodzic (Ivory Coast)	$740,000
R. Domenech (France)	$720,000
Hun Jung Moo (South Korea)	$600,000
Morten Olsen (Denmark)	$570,000
Milovan Rajevac (Ghana)	$540,000
Bob Bradley (US)	$400,000
Radomir Antic (Serbia)	$447,000
Matjaz Kek (Slovenia)	$360,000
Gerardo Martino (Paraguay)	$360,000
Rabah Saadane (Algeria)	$360,000
Reinaldo Rueda (Honduras)	$350,000
Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia)	$312,000
Oscar Washington Tabarez (Uruguay)	$300,000
Kim Jon Hun (North Korea)	$250,000
Shaibu Amodu (Nigeria)	$180,000

We all want a world class coach for the US National Team, but looking at these figures it makes one wonder if we can afford it.