Guardiola, Mourinho, Conte: 15 managers with the highest transfer spend in football history

Football finance is a very complicated subject.

There’s no doubt that some of the wealthiest clubs in the world are some of the most successful and the most successful football managers are those that have had the financial backing from their clubs.

Managers can only attract the best players with big cheques, and without stacks of cash behind them, perhaps some of football’s greatest tacticians may not have achieved nearly half of the success they are credited for today.

It is also becoming harder and harder for teams across Europe’s top five leagues to win silverware without that financial backing, but there are some exceptions to that trend.

Using data collected by Transfermarkt, we have listed 15 of the highest spending managers in football history.

But you will notice that there are some big names missing from that list.

Former Barcelona manager and current Spain head coach Luis Enrique falls outside of the top 15 highest spending managers, despite having won a Champions League, two La Liga titles and three Spanish Cups.

Zinedine Zidane is another exception to the rule, having guided Real Madrid to three Champions League titles during his tenure at the club, but falls outside our list, spending a meagre £387.99 million in comparison to some of the names below.

Infact, some of those managers have even managed to spend more than £1 billion in transfer fees during their careers.

So without any further delay, check out the eye-watering figures below and see if your club’s coach has made the list of the 15 biggest spending managers in football history.

15. Jurgen Klopp – £655.17m

Number of players purchased: 72

Number of titles won: 10

14. Sir Alex Ferguson – £710.95m

Number of players purchased: 95

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