403 football players have been hired by five coaches who have cost the team five billion and 860 million euros.
Topping the list is Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho (56 years), followed by Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti (60 years), Spanish Pep Guardiola (48 years) and Chilean Manuel Pellegrini (65 years) and Italian Masmiliano Alegre (52 years).
1 - Mourinho: During his 19-year coaching career, the "Special One" won 25 local and continental titles, and to achieve this contract with 97 players for a billion and 530 million euros, the most expensive deal he signed in 2016 when he was a manager of Manchester United, the signing of French Paul Pogba from Juventus For 97 million euros, then became the most expensive player in the history of the ball.
Ancelotti, the Italian coach who won the Champions League three times (Milan and Real Madrid) and won the double with Chelsea, signed 85 players for a billion and 220 million euros, the most expensive deal for Ancelotti - the current Napoli coach - Welsh Gareth Bell when he joined him from Tottenham in 2013 For about 94 million euros.
3. Guardiola: "The philosopher coach" with six Barcelona and the winner of all local titles in Spain, Germany and England spent one billion and 120 million euros to sign only 52 players, and the teams he coached include first-class stars, and therefore did not contract with many of the stars of the ball, The most expensive deal for the current Citizens coach was the signing of Spaniard Rodri from Atletico Madrid this summer for 68 million euros.
4 - Pellegrini: This veteran coach, when he was the coach of the Merengue in 2009 - with Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo for 87 million euros, and also signed with Belgian star Kevin De Bruyne - when he coached Man City in 2015 - from Wolfsburg, Germany for 60 million euros. The most expensive deal at the time of the "heavenly team", and the total spent by Pellegrini on 82 players amounted to one billion and 36 million euros.
5 - Alegre: Suffice to say that the former Juventus coach, who spent 16 years in training, included Ronaldo from Real Madrid last season for 107 million euros, and in 2016 he signed Argentine Gonzalo Higuain from Naples for 82 million euros, and his total spending amounted to 998 million Euro to buy 87 players.