Luis Enrique |
Luis Enrique’s hopes of succeeding Antonio Conte at Chelsea could
rest on whether or not he is prepared to accept a significantly lower
wage than he was paid by Barcelona, according to Telegraph Sport.
Enrique, who speaks English, is keen on the prospect of joining
Chelsea and would like to restart his managerial career in the Premier
League.
But it is believed Enrique earned in the region of £16.5
million-a-year by the time he stood down from his Barça role at the end
of last season, having won two La Liga titles, the Champions League and
three Copa del Reys.
That is far in excess of the £9.5m-a-year wages Chelsea rewarded
Conte with for winning the Premier League title last season and is even
more than Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho earn at Manchester City and
Manchester United.
Enrique’s wage demands, therefore, could provide a stumbling block
over a proposed move to Stamford Bridge and offer hope to Thomas Tuchel,
the former Borussia Dortmund manager, and Maurizio Sarri of Napoli, who
are both interested in the Chelsea job and would be much cheaper.
Conte is the highest-paid manager in Chelsea’s history and the club
will not want to pay his successor more than £9.5m-a-year before they
have achieved anything with the club.
It is still expected that Conte will leave Stamford Bridge with one
year remaining on his contract in the summer, which means Chelsea would
also have to pay the Italian compensation until any such time that he
found a new job.
Given the fact he is out of work, Chelsea would not have to pay any
compensation to appoint Enrique but a compromise over wages would have
to be negotiated.
Chelsea hired Conte on £6.5m-a-year with the promise of a big
increase if he won trophies and are likely to try to offer
achievement-based incentives to their next man, particularly if the club
fail to qualify for next season’s Champions League.
Although it is far less than what Enrique earned at Barcelona,
Conte’s salary at Chelsea complicates any prospect of a return to his
old job as manager of the Italian national team.
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