3) Manuel Pellegrini: £794m
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Major clubs managed: River Plate, Villarreal, Real Madrid, Malaga, Manchester City
Manager since: 1988
Trophies won: 10
Record transfer: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United to Real Madrid) – £80m
Manuel Pellegrini has managed clubs in three different continents but his most famous stints have come in La Liga and the Premier League. When he was appointed Real Madrid manager in 2009, he saw Florentino Perez bring in Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo and Xabi Alonso in a bid to win the title.
Real accumulated 96 points – their best ever in La Liga – but finished behind Barcelona on 99 points. Of course, he was quickly sacked and he bemoaned Real’s transfer policy of buying stars but not in the positions required.
He was then part of Malaga’s financial project to make them a top four club and he did manage to take them into the Champions League. But Financial Fair Play regulations saw the club banned from Europea competitions.
Manchester City took a gamble on him and he produced good football in their 2013/14 title triumph. But as Mancini before him, he was unable to recreate the same magic in the following seasons in spite of making big money signings such as Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling, and he soon gave way to Guardiola.
