The Bayern Munich boss will move light years ahead of his peers in pay terms when he takes over at Manchester City in the summer and into the realms reserved for the best players.
There is a viewpoint prevalent among fans in football’s traditional strongholds that the modern game is fallen. There are those who see themselves as real fans and who long for a time when things were simpler. Those were the days before satellite TV and Qatar 2022 when no effort for global appeal was made on the part of clubs.
There is comfort in that kind of nostalgia as it reminds people that the game they spend so much of their lives watching is exactly that; a game pure and simple.