Top 100 Clubs’ Football Manager 2018 Transfer Budgets & Wages Revealed

Top 100 Clubs With The Highest Transfer Budgets & Wages in Football Manager 2018 Revealed

Since FM18 dropped some hours ago, we thought it would come in handy breaking down and reveal the top 100 clubs’ Football Manager 2018 transfer budget and wages, so you can make the best decision on whom you shall manage for your first official save.

Here you will get to know the top 100 clubs with the highest transfer budgets of Football Manager 2018. Which clubs will have the highest starting transfer budget available for the start of 2017-2018 season and who will be have the financial strength to acquire the best players? Will the Chinese clubs lead the way or will the transfer revenue FC Barcelona gained from the sale of Neymar mean they will top the chart? What’s left in the bank for Paris Saint-Germain and how will A.C Milan fare who just got new Chinese owners?

Without revealing too much, the rankings of clubs with biggest Football Manager 2018 transfer budgets features every English Premier League teams, clubs in La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A TIM, Ligue 1 and any other competition where broadcasting rights in the media, sugar daddies and rich companies has put their mark on the economic strength of the clubs to maneuver in the highly inflated transfer market.

The increase on cost of transfers will for sure be reflected in this years edition, not only because the English Premier League clubs receives more money than ever before from their lucrative broadcasting rights, but the world record transfer fee paid by Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar this summer transfer window will influence the transfer fees of FM 2018 for sure.

Discover the top 100 Football Manager 2018 clubs with the highest transfer budgets and wages and be able to dip your toes into the ‘crazy’ transfer market of FM18 and swoop up some of the best players of Football Manager 2018 with ease.

For the fourth year in the row we continue the trend of providing you with the ultimate list of the Football Manager 2018 Transfer Budgets. Last year we broke it down to the top 10 leagues of Football Manager, but this year we take it back to basic by providing you with the top 100 clubs’ starting transfer budgets and wages at the start of the Football Manager 2018 campaign. We’ve decided to reveal the highest transfer budget that’s available to allocate which features a positive available wage budget per week. This means that there might be more money available in the transfer budget to allocate, but by maximizing it the wage budget will turn negative, meaning you might sell one or more players at high wages to be able to keep a positive balance. You may say it’s the maximum allowed transfer budgets available for these top 100 clubs of Football Manager 2018.

What’s definitely certain is that the transfer budgets can be increased to a wider extent in order to increase the funds of wages.

The transfer budgets and wage budgets listed below will be rounded up to the nearest hundred thousand or the closest whole number. For instance when transfer budgets are €3.099.586, we have rounded it up to €3.1Mill. We have decided to not include the transfer budgets of unplayable leagues which requires a database extension to unlock, such as clubs in Qatari Stars League or Japan.

Since there will be clubs from all over the world with different reputation and perhaps knowledge from you, we will feature each clubs media prediction for the start of the first season, either it will be 2017-2018 season or in the weird circumstances the 2017 season.
It lets you scour a number of nations and regions for the perfect challenge; either you want to start a new save without worrying about the club’s financial situation, or in the contrary discover the clubs in a less beneficial financial situation, but with limited funds available.

These clubs lucky enough to have an available starting transfer budget to spend, it lets you delve into the transfer market immediately, and strengthen your squad with new talents already in the inaugural pre-season of 2017-2018 season. The starting transfer budget we hereby are talking about, equals to what is set for the first season (2018-2018), when you control the team. The remaining transfer budget or wage budget can be altered further for those clubs with a positive balance. The transfer budget and the wage budget can be further altered – either decreased or increased by adjusting the budget.

To alter the transfer budget, go to Board Overview – Locate Budget Adjustments as illustrated in the screenshot below,

… or alter the wage and transfer budget directly from an ‘action news item’ regarding a transfer bid or in the Transfer Centre tab.

To ease your decision on whom to start a new save with in Football Manager 2018, we have as always included each clubs media prediction for the 2017-2018 season. For those looking at starting in the English League system it’s worth to know that the previously mentioned television deal is expected to influence the top flight and the wider league pyramid – benefiting the clubs in the sub tiers of Premier League as well.

N.B! You must have first transfer window budgets ticked when setting up your new save in order to be able to take advantage of the transfer budgets displayed below.

We hope you will find our ranking of the top 100 clubs’ Football Manager 2018 transfer budget and wages will come in handy and when you shall pick your club to manage in Football Manager 2018. For more team recommendations, please check out our top 10 list of Football Manager 2018 clubs to manage.

Football Manager 2018 Transfer Budgets & Wages for the Top 100 Clubs