There is a specific amount. This is how much Paulo Sousa earned in less than a year in Poland

began working with the Polish national team on January 21, 2021, replacing the dismissed person in this position. The Portuguese was employed by the former president of the Polish Football Association, who was the main originator of the 51-year-old.

Attractive conditions for Paulo Sousa

Paulo Sousa’s contract with the Polish Football Association includes a provision about a monthly salary of EUR 70,000. Converted into PLN, according to the current EU exchange rate, this gives an amount of over PLN 320,000. None of the previous selectors had such attractive conditions.

The Portuguese’s salary may be surprising because his two predecessors together could not count on such a salary. Adam Nawałka earned PLN 80-120 thousand, while Jerzy Brzęczek collected PLN 160 thousand. For Sousa’s contract, it is therefore extremely impressive.

Enormous maintenance expenses for Sousa

However, it does not end with the Portuguese salary. In addition, there are also the costs of the training staff, which earned about EUR 80,000 a month, or about PLN 370,000. Therefore, it is not difficult to calculate that the monthly cost of maintaining Sousa and his “people” amounted to almost 700,000 zlotys.

For over 11 months of work in Poland, Paulo Sousa collected around EUR 800,000, while his staff earned around EUR 920,000, which in PLN equals almost eight million PLN. In return, the white and reds recorded a disgrace at Euro 2020 and an uncertain participation in the world championship in Qatar.

In recent weeks, the most criticism for Sousa fell after losing 1: 2 in the match, as a result of which the Polish national team lost a seeding in the play-offs. Currently, the Portuguese is criticized for his decision to take over the Brazilian Flamengo three months before the extremely important play-offs.