The Top Five Managers Who Have Spent The Most Money On Signings In Football History

The Top Five Managers Who Have Spent The Most Money On Signings In Football History

Spending power is key to success in modern football, and while there are arguments that some clubs have “bought” their titles over the years, it is part of the game.

As you will see when we go through our list, no matter how good a coach you are, if you don’t have money to spend, it is very hard to be successful.

Every manager in our top five has won multiple trophies, with some of them up there with the very best coaches of all time.


Press the next page as we name the five managers who have spent the most on signings in football history (based on Transfermarkt‘s data).

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.