Marcelo Bielsa is demanding around $10m a year if he is take the Mexico job as he eyes up his first position since leaving Leeds United.
The Argentine has been out of work since leaving Leeds in February last year after four years and 170 matches in charge at Elland Road.
He has yet to find himself a new position, despite having been linked to several jobs since his departure last year and remaining highly regarded after his time in West Yorkshire.
He was heavily linked with a move to Everton last month, even flying in for talks about the position with the Blues hierarchy before they instead hired Sean Dyche to replace Frank Lampard.
He is now in contention to take up the Mexico manager’s position, with El Tri still on the hunt Gerardo Martino’s replacement after their struggles at the World Cup.
El Universal cover that today and say Bielsa is actually ‘lagging behind’ in the race because of the high salary that he is demanding to take the position.
According to their information, Bielsa will meet with the nation’s football directors today to detail his plan with them.
One point he has already made clear is that ‘intends to earn’ around $10m a year, an amount that is ‘stratospheric’ for the FMF who were paying his predecessor less than $3m a year.
Even that was considered ‘very high’ so giving the former Leeds coach over three times that amount it’s led to them thinking twice before signing off on the deal.
