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Pep Guardiola becomes first manager to spend €2b on transfer fees

Pep Guardiola has become the first manager to spend more than €2 billion on transfer fees as the Man City manager surpassed Jose Mourinho to top the list of 10 most-spent managers worldwide.

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Also in terms of successes, it’s hard to find any one other than Pep, who won the historic treble with Man City last season. He spent well but won titles even better.

Pep spent the lucrative sum of €2b on transfer fees

The numbers are collected and released in the latest reports by Transfermarkt.

Pep spent no less than €241m on new players during the busy 2023 summer transfer window to bring the likes of Josko Gvardiol (€90.00m), Matheus Nunes (€62.00m), Jeremy Doku (€60.00m) and Mateo Kovacic (€29.10m).

It is one exemplary example of how Pep has been working in bringing his side’s reinforcements. During his spells at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, the Spanish tactician had been not shy from spending.

Over 16 years as a manager, 52-year-old Guardiola brought in 78 players for his three clubs, with an average of €26.1m per transfer.

Of the top 20 signings Guardiola has overseen, just two have come from his other clubs: David Villa (€40m signing from Valencia) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (€69.5m signing from Inter).

Is Pep Guardiola the best manager of the modern era…

Or just the one with the deepest pockets? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/JrGIGfYmgs

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Top 10 managers who spent the most in their careers

1. Pep Guardiola €2.04 Billion
2.  Jose Mourinho €1.86 Billion
3.  Carlo Ancelotti €1.69 Billion
4.  Massimiliano Allegri €1.4 Billion
5.  Diego Simeone €1.21 Billion
6.  Manuel Pellegrini €1.2 Billion
7.  Thomas Tuchel €1.19 Billion
8.  Antonio Conte €1.17 Billion
9.  Mauricio Pochettino €1.15 Billion
10.  Jürgen Klopp €1.13 Billion

Jose Mourinho, who used to be Pep’s rival in the Spanish top-flight La Liga and English Premier League, is second with €1.86 billion.

The Special One was overtaken, but it’s easy to understand since he is not at Serie A side AS Roma, who has not been familiar with lucrative sums of transfer in their history.

Carlo Ancelotti (€1.69b), Massimiliano Allegri (€1.4b) and Diego Simeone (€1.21b) round up the top five. Compared to Guardiola, domestic rivals Mauricio Pochettino, Jürgen Klopp, and Unai Emery made their own records this summer but only by breaking the €1b mark for career spending.

Pep ranks second top 3 in player sales

The report from Transfermarkt also shows that Pep Guardiola ranks among the highest in making money from player sales.

Until this stage of his managing career, the Spaniard has overseen no less than 86 player sales for a total sum of €978m. This puts the Man City manager in third place in the all-time rankings, which is somewhat surprising because he has never had to sell a player he wanted to keep at any of his three clubs.

Ahead of Guardiola is Leonardo Jardim in second place, whose career sales after stints in Portugal and an extended period at Monaco stands at €999m.

However, the manager with the most player sales ever is Atlético legend Simeone, who has overseen no less than €1.13b in player sales at the La Liga club.