Germany coach Joachim Low's lone championship was in the Austrian league, Portugal's Paulo Bento has never won a league title of any sort, while Cesare Prandelli, Italy's coach, has landed one Serie B title.
But, according to a study by two economists, Joachim Ragnitz and Marcel Thum, such a wage imposed across the economy would wipe out 1.1m low-wage jobs 3% of employment in western Germany and more than 6% in the east, where productivity is lower.