Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane

[Stuttgart88]

I don't think their pay is that big an issue. I think the success of the senior national team is what has the potential to finance the FAI's spending on the game. This bigger issue is that this appears to be the only strategy and it's very much an eggs in one basket gamble which highlights the lack of a joined up plan for a sustainable development of the game.

[DannyInvincible]

I think the success of the senior national team is what has the potential to finance the FAI's spending on the game. This bigger issue is that this appears to be the only strategy and it's very much an eggs in one basket gamble which highlights the lack of a joined up plan for a sustainable development of the game.

That's what I was getting at. Couldn't have said it better. I think the salaries are indicative of that one-dimensional focus.

[ifk101]

Just for comparison purposes, Sweden's coach is on around €250,000, Norway's €450,000 and Denmark's about €650,000. Not exact figures but near enough.

[ArdeeBhoy]

Aye, and living costs are far higher there, well definitely the first two.

[osarusan]

I don't think the comparisons with LOI managers are all that relevant.


I'd be more interested to know what other, similarly ranked teams pay their managers and what the duties are with and beyond the senior team, and what the goals and benchmarks are.

[Spudulika]

Fabio Capello hasn't been paid in over 5 months (at least in November that was the case). Reports of his salary have been (in sterling) from 6-8million, the real amount is probably just below 6.5million dollars.

Bilic was paid 1million euros a year, but made the same back in "tips".

What is important to differentiate between our pair and many other countries is what coaches make on the back end. Caps are valuable, they can raise the value and profile of a player, and his marketability. Add in "friendlies" and other bits and bobs, a base salary isn't the only thing to make a job attractive. If our pair are just getting paid straight, I'd be happy with that.

[ArdeeBhoy]

Anyway, their wages are almost immaterial, if you look at what Trap was getting. Not to mention a certain Chief Executive...

Plus DL makes a fair point about LOI managers liable to be on peanuts by comparison!!

[punkrocket]

If you pay peanuts you don't get MONKEAs

[ArdeeBhoy]

Lolz.

[WexCar]

Some salaries of managers at the 2014 WC. Telegraph

Croatia
Niko Kovac
Salary: €205.000


Australia
Ange Postecoglou
Salary: €1.000.000


Holland
Louis van Gaal
Salary: €2.000.000


Greece
Fernando Santos
Salary: €650.000


France
Didier Deschamps
Salary: €1.635.000


Switzerland
Ottmar Hitzfeld
Salary: €2.834.000


Bosnia and Herzegovina
Safet Susic
Salary: €267.000


Portugal
Paulo Bento
Salary: €1.287.000


USA
Jurgen Klinsmann
Salary: €1.982.000


Belgium
Marc Wilmots
Salary: €654.000

[Spudulika]

Thanks WexCar, interesting reading. The win bonuses will bump up most of those salaries, but for some (Croatia and Bosnia for example), they earn tips that make it worth their while coaching. Bilic (when he signed with Loko) complained that he was not allowed to install "his" agent in the club, as it was already taken by the son-in-law of the President.

[Crosby87]

Roy writes a lad a note for school at book signing.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/leftfield/class-act-roy-keane-writes-note-for-student-late-for-class-30815450.html

[DannyInvincible]

Roy's softened up since being in charge of Damien Delaney at Ipswich.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

http://thescore.thejournal.ie/roy-keane-villa-agbonlahor-1832587-Dec2014/

Keane leaves Villa after ****ing off the "big" names.

[tetsujin1979]

the comments on the article say it all, it's a reprint from the Daily Mail, there's no player named as the source of the statements, and Villa have repeatedly refuted any claim that there was a bust up between Keane and the players