Like it or not, money dominates modern football and it is getting harder and harder to win big titles without spending big.
Almost always the teams with the biggest transfer budgets compete for football's top prizes and managers need to be willing to spend money to succeed.
Some are certainly happier than others splashing money on the transfer market.
Here we take a look at the top 10 managers with the highest total transfer spend in history - with Planet Football credited to compiling the list.
ten. Claudio Ranieri - €864.33 million
Ranieri is perhaps a surprising name on the list, as he briefly led Leicester to the Premier League title in 2016.
But after managing 18 clubs in his long career, including European heavyweights Chelsea and Juventus, Ranieri has had to make a few transfers.
His biggest signing came while he was head coach at Monaco, when he signed Colombian duo Radamel Falcao and James Rodriguez for a total of €88 million.
9. Ernesto Valverde – 866.83 million euros
Another unexpected name on the list, most of Valverde's spending is unsurprising during his three-year tenure in charge of Barcelona. When Valverde was coach, the Catalan club three times paid transfer fees of more than 100 million euros to sign Ousmane Dembele, Philippe Coutinho and Antoine Griezmann.
8. Antonio Conte - 967.1 million euros
Conte spent lavishly everywhere he went and was very successful, at least before joining Tottenham.
He has spent a lot at Juventus, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Tottenham, with his biggest purchases over the years including Romelu Lukaku (€77 million), Alvaro Morata (€66 million) and Richarlison (69). 5 million euros).
7. Arsene Wenger – 973.25 million euros
While Wenger is known for nurturing young talent and spotting bargains in the transfer market, he has also had high transfer spending due to his tenure as a coach. Arsenal.
Almost all of his biggest acquisitions came during his final years as Gunners manager, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (€63.75m) and Alexandre Lacazette (€53m) being the main ones. his larger purchases.
6. Diego Simeone – 1.04 billion euros
While Simeone deserves credit for having faced Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona over the years, it's not like the Argentinian didn't have significant resources at his disposal at Atletico Madrid.
Portugal star Joao Felix is ??his most expensive signing, at 127 million euros, despite currently on loan at Chelsea. 5. Massimiliano Allegri – 1.08 billion euros
As an active manager in the transfer market at AC Milan, Allegri's spending skyrocketed after he joined Juventus.
In his first stint in charge of the Turin side, he spent 90 million euros on Gonzalo Higuain before Cristiano Ronaldo arrived in 2018 for 117 million euros. It remains to be seen what resources he will have when the next transfer window opens, with questions weighing heavily on the club's finances.
4. Manuel Pellegrini – 1.16 billion euros
Any coach who has led Real Madrid and Manchester City in recent years has had a high transfer fee - and Pellegrini is no exception.
At Madrid, he oversaw two all-time record signings, with Kaka (€67 million) and Cristiano Ronaldo (€94 million) joining over the span of a week while he was coach. from Wolfsburg.
3. Carlo Ancelotti – 1.44 billion euros
Ancelotti is one of the most highly regarded coaches in history and has spent a lot of money on several clubs including AC Milan, Real Madrid and Chelsea.
His most expensive signing remains Gareth Bale, who signed for Madrid from Totteham for 105 million euros in 2013.
2. Pep Guardiola – 1.61 billion euros
While undoubtedly one of the greatest managers in history, Guardiola has money to spend at the three clubs he manages - Barcelona, ???Bayern Munich and Manchester City.
Despite the continued spending, Guardiola's record single-player fee remained the €69.5m he paid Zlatan Ibrahimovic in 2009 until City paid a record £100m (£113m). ) to sign Jack Grealish in 2021.
1. Jose Mourinho – 1.71 billion euros
It will always be Jose, right? The special has managed some of the biggest clubs in the world, including Chelsea, Manchester United and Real Madrid - and will always be near the top.
Although he received a clean checkbook for Chelsea signings, in reality during his time at United, Mourinho made three of his biggest signings - bringing in Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and Fred. club with a total value of more than 220 million euros.
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