After Chelsea signed coach Graham Potter for 20 million euros for Brighton to abandon him, the Spanish newspaper "MARCA" (MARCA) spotted a list of the 11 most expensive transfers of football coaches in the world.
Chelsea included its new coach Graham Potter - who took over from the dismissed coach Thomas Tuchel - in the list of the most expensive transfers of coaches in the history of world football, which includes the most prominent European coaches.
British reports stated that the owner of Chelsea club Todd Boehle paid about 20 million euros to Brighton to give up Potter, which would make him the second most expensive coach in history, after Julian Nagelsmann, who paid him Bayern Munich 25 million euros to terminate his contract with Leipzig.
Here is the list of the 11 most expensive transfers of coaches in the history of football:
Julian Nagelsmann, from Leipzig to Bayern Munich in 2021 (25 million euros)
Graham Potter, from Brighton to Chelsea in 2022 (20 million euros)
Andre Villas-Boas, from Porto to Chelsea in 2011 (15 million euros)
Brendan Rodgers, from Celtic to Leicester City in 2019 (10.9 million euros)
Ruben Amorim, from Sporting de Braga to Sporting Lisbon in 2020 (10 million euros)
Jose Mourinho, from Inter Milan to Real Madrid in 2010 (8 million euros)
Mark Hughes from Blackburn Rovers to Manchester City in 2008 (6.2 million euros)
Brendan Rodgers, from Swansea to Liverpool in 2012 (6.2 million euros)
Manuel Pellegrini, from Villarreal to Real Madrid in 2009 (4 million euros)
Carlo Ancelotti, from Paris Saint-Germain to Real Madrid in 2013 (3.8 million euros)
Sergio Conceicao from Nantes to Porto in 2017 (3 million euros).