Arsenal are widely reported to be preparing a new contract for Mikel Arteta that would lift him to the top of the Premier League pay ranks and place him among the game\u2019s highest earners. The reward follows the end of a 22-year wait for Premier League glory and arrives as Arsenal ready themselves for a Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n
Arteta\u2019s commitment to the club has been clear. \u201cI\u2019m fully committed here,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m really happy and I feel good. My family\u2019s good. I still have so much ambition and things to do at this club. For now, we are in a good place.\u201d Clubs and agents are said to be working on terms described by one report as a \u201clucrative\u201d new contract, according to The Guardian.<\/p>\n
Current figures cited in reports put Arteta\u2019s earnings at about $13.4 million (\u00a310 million), with an additional $6.7 million payable for Champions League qualification. The new agreement is expected to \u201ccome close\u201d to the world-leading managerial salary of $34.8 million reportedly collected by Atl\u00e9tico Madrid boss Diego Simeone.<\/p>\n
Simeone has sat atop the list of managerial high earners for years. Atl\u00e9tico\u2019s place in the global financial hierarchy helps explain that figure: the club is listed as the 13th richest on the planet with annual revenue of $531.7 million. Real Madrid and Barcelona occupy the top two spots with earnings more than double Atl\u00e9tico\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, L\u2019\u00c9quipe has placed Simone Inzaghi at Al Hilal as Simeone\u2019s closest financial challenger on roughly $29.2 million a year. Manchester City\u2019s Pep Guardiola is widely credited with a salary around $26.8 million, which currently makes him the Premier League\u2019s top earner. Arteta\u2019s proposed terms may exceed that lofty figure, and he is all but guaranteed to stand out as England\u2019s highest paid manager as Guardiola sails off into the sunset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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