Steven Gerrard Al Ettifaq Saudi Arabia salary, contract details and net worth in 2023

Steven Gerrard, a Liverpool legend is now the manager of Al Ettifaq, know his salary and contract

Gerrard’s first job as a manager was with Scottish Premiership giants Rangers. He did a great job there, but Aston Villa fired him after less than a year in charge in October 2022.

Now the former England midfielder has decided to join the Saudi Arabian team Al Ettifaq. How much money do you think Gerrard will make in the Middle East? Here is a look at his contract and the Saudi Pro League club he is joining.

Steven Gerrard Al Ettifaq Saudi Arabia salary, contract details, net worth in 2023

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— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 3, 2023

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— منبر الاتفاق (@EttifaqKSA) June 12, 2023

After being a boss in the English and Scottish top leagues, Gerrard seems to have been looking outside of the UK for his next job. In January, it was said that the four-time Liverpool Player of the Season had talked with Poland about taking over as their new boss. Later, Fernando Santos became their head coach.

Al Ettifaq is a golden opportunity

Al Ettifaq is one of four clubs that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has bought. This gives them the money to pay players and coaches more than clubs and national teams in Europe. Saudi teams also don’t have to follow the rules about how much money these clubs can spend.

After a hard time at Villa, Gerrard may want to gain more experience in a new country where he won’t have to deal with the pressure and expectations of being a Premier League boss.

Last season, Al Ettifaq came in seventh place, 35 points behind the top team and nine points ahead of the bottom team. Their team is mostly made up of Saudi Arabian players, but Sweden’s Robin Quaison is one of their international stars.

A Glimpse into Al Ettifaq’s managerial history

During the club’s 78-year history, managers from all over South America and Europe, as well as Saudi Arabia, have been in charge. Leonardo Ramos, a former midfielder for Uruguay, and Helder, a former defender for PSG and Portugal, are two of the coaches who have taken charge since 2018.

The club has won a lot of titles, including the Saudi top flight in 1982/83 and 1986/87, the Kings Cup in 1968 and 1985, and the now-defunct Gulf Cup for Clubs Champions League in 1983, 1988, and 2006.

“Al Ettifaq made an offer to Gerrard,” Reuters reported a source as saying on June 11. “He welcomed the idea but asked for time to study the offer.”

A Twitter account for Al Ettifaq news posted a picture of Gerrard that was said to have been taken at King Fahd International Airport, with the caption “The legend Gerrard arrives in Dammam.”

Clearly, it pays to join the Saudi Pro League. It is said that Karim Benzema’s salary at Al Ittihad, a club owned by the PIF that he will join in July, will be $107 million (£85.5 million) tax-free for each of the three years of his deal.

Al-Hilal is said to have offered Lionel Messi more than four times that amount a year before he chose to leave PSG and join Inter Miami.

Managers in the Saudi Pro League don’t usually make this much, but if Gerrard takes the rumoured offer, he will be one of the highest-paid bosses in the world.

Comparing Gerrard’s potential earnings with top bosses

During the 2022/23 season, Rudi Garcia was in charge of a team that included five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo. It was said that Al Nassr paid the former Roma, Lyon, and Marseille head coach around $6m (£4.8m).

Gerrard’s $6.2 million-a-year (£5 million) deal with Aston Villa made him the highest-paid boss in the club’s history, but Al Ettifaq’s supercharged wealth will allow them to beat that. Al Ettifaq’s wealth allows them to eclipse that with a annual salary of around $10.3m (£8.1m) on a two-year contract. Gerrard has a net worth of $90 million.

Diego Simeone is the highest-paid manager in the world right now. He makes $44.2 million (£37 million) per season as the boss of Atletico Madrid. Pep Guardiola, who won the UEFA Champions League, is second on the list. At Manchester City, he made $23.9m (£20m), while Erik ten Hag at Manchester United made $10.75m (£9m).

Why was Steven Gerrard let go by Aston Villa?

Villa fired Gerrard after a 3-0 loss to Fulham in the Premier League in October 2022. There had been reports that he might lose his job, but the news came as a surprise.

After that game, Villa had only won one of their eight games and scored only four goals. Villa’s club statement didn’t say why Gerrard was fired, but the team’s bad play was likely a factor.

Villa’s 2022–23 season got off to a bad start. When Gerrard left, the team was 17th in the Premier League and only kept from the bottom by goal difference. In Gerrard’s first season with the team, they came 14th in the league and didn’t make much progress on the field.

Unai Emery’s successful reign following Gerrard’s exit

Villa thought they had to get rid of Gerrard to get their 2022–23 season back on track, and former Arsenal boss Unai Emery did just that. They won 15 of their last 26 games and qualified for Europe on the last day of the season.

The team’s last game under Gerrard was a bad one against Fulham, but he had said he was willing to keep going.

“Inconsistency has cost us, that’s the position we find ourselves in. I took over the team in a very similar situation. We’ve tried to recruit to get us out of that situation,” Gerrard told BBC Match of the Day after his final game.

“I’m a fighter — it’s in my DNA. I’ll continue to fight unless I’m told differently.”

Steven Gerrard’s record as Aston Villa’s boss

Gerrard’s record at Aston Villa went downhill after he won four of the first six games he was in charge of.

During the middle of his time as manager, the team lost four straight Premier League games, and he left after only winning one of his last eight games.