Top 100 Clubs With The Highest Transfer Budgets & Wages in Football Manager 2021 Revealed
Welcome to our massive list of Football Manager 2021 transfer budget and wages featuring the top 100 clubs.
With the pandemic making a huge effect to the club’s finances throughout the world, something that has been replicated in Football Manager 2021 the available transfer funds and remaining budget has taken a hit. With less money available to spend on new players, the transfer market and its landscape has been totally changed for the 2020-21 season.
To help everyone who’s on a look-out for a new with enough money to spend to dip your toes in the transfer market right from the beginning we have researched FM21 to identify the richest clubs in Football Manager 2021 with the highest starting transfer budget at the beginning of 2020-21 season.
Which clubs will have the biggest transfer budget and funds available to buy some five-star wonderkids and elite players? Will the English Premier League clubs still lead the way or may Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and the two Spanish giants, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid come close, despite taking a huge hit by the worldwide pandemic.
Here we reveal the clubs with the biggest transfer budget and wages in Football Manager 2021. We’ll decide to limit this article to the top clubs in order to give you some great recommendations of clubs to manage from all parts of the globe.
Without revealing too much, the rankings of clubs with the most funds feature almost ‘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 tycoon companies put their mark on the economic strength of the clubs to manoeuvre in the highly inflated transfer market.
Discover the top Football Manager 2021 clubs with the biggest transfer budgets available. Be able to delve into the ‘crazy’ transfer market immediately and swoop up some of the best wonderkids and international star players more easily.
About the Ranking
For the 7th year in the row, we hand you our list of the top clubs with the biggest transfer budgets available at the start of the 2020-2021 season. This means that the available funds have been influenced by the recent 2020 summer transfer window, as money has already been deducted.
Our ranking is primarily based upon clubs with the most money available for transfers when no adjustments have been made between wages and transfers, or the other way around.
It means that there might be more money available to allocate (primarily by reducing the wage budget), which in turn increases the remaining transfer budget. In some circumstances, adjusting and maximizing the transfer budget might affect the remaining wage budget negatively. The negative wage budget may force you to sell one or more players, or reduce your wage bill by renegotiating contracts, to be able to keep a positive balance. Learn how to make budget adjustments below.
The numbers below will be rounded up to the nearest hundred thousand or the closest whole number. For instance, when transfer budgets are €4.999.999, we have rounded it up to €5Mill. We have decided to not include unplayable leagues which require a database extension to unlock like clubs in Qatar, Saudi Arabia or Japan, and have restricted the list to the ones with a transfer budget higher than €3Mill.
Since there will be clubs from all over the world with different reputation and perhaps knowledge of you, we will feature each clubs media prediction for the start of the first season, either it will be the 2020-2021 season or in the weird circumstances the 2021 season.
Our massive list of Football Manager transfer budgets 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 on the contrary discover clubs in a less beneficial financial situation – with limited funds available.
What’s definitely true, is that the increase in the cost of transfers will for sure be reflected in this year’s edition as well. It might not be as easy to get regular first-team players for under €20 Million for top sides. With the help of our list of the top 150 clubs’ starting transfer budget and wages, you will be able to scour through the richest clubs in Football Manager 2021.
These clubs will have enough money to enable you to dip your toes into the transfer market straight on and let you make an immediate mark on your squad from the first season on. With enough funds, you can provide depth to your ageing squad with one or two future wonderkids and promising talents or build a squad perfectly suited for your preferred tactics and tactical style.
Disclaimer:
The current ranking is based on the 21.0 beta database and is still work in process until official FM21 release
How to Make Budget Adjustments in Football Manager:
The starting transfer budget for each of the clubs equals to what is set for the first season (2019-2020) 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.
There are several ways to make budget adjustments in Football Manager.
- Head to Transfers > Click On Transfer Budget Remaning > Drag the slider > Confirm
- Go to Club Vision – Locate Budget Adjustments – Drag the Slider to the left or right depending on if you got funds available – Click Confirm.
- You can also alter the wages and transfer budget from an ‘action news item’ for example when making a transfer bid. See Budget Adjustment in the top right corner.
- Or go to the summary of Finances and locate adjust budgets to the right. From here you can also make budget requests.
* Note! You can’t edit the remaining transfer budget until the club’s season expectations are agreed upon.
Football Manager 2021 Transfer Budgets & Wages [v.21.0 Beta]
| NATION DIVISION | CLUB | TRANSFER BUDGET (€) | AVAIL WAGE BUDGET (p/w) | MEDIA PREDICT. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Super League | Hebei China | €3.12Mill | €0 p/w | 10th |
 Premier League | Leeds | €3.28Mill | €27.35K p/w | 10th |
 LA Liga | At. Madrid | €3.56Mill | €-9.64K p/w | 3rd |
| Super League | Jiangsu Suning | €3.75Mill | €0 p/w | 7th |
 Jupiler Pro | RSC Anderlecht | €4Mill | €25.64K p/w | 2nd |
 Prva Liga | Dinamo Zagreb | €4Mill | €6K p/w | 1st |
 MLS Western Conf. | Austin FC | €4.24Mill | €- p/w | – |
| La Liga | Getafe | €4.52Mill | €-3.42K p/w | 10th |
 Serie A | Flamengo | €4.55Mill | €27.3K p/w | 1st |
| Serie A | Palmeiras | €4.55Mill | €22.75K p/w | 2nd |
 Serie A | Bologna | €4.9Mill | €28.23K p/w | 12th |
 Premiership | Celtic | €4.92Mill | €38.3K p/w | 1st |
| Premier League | Arsenal | €4.92Mill | €164K p/w | 5th |
| Jupiler Pro | AA Gent | €4.99Mill | €54.34K p/w | 5th |
| La Liga | Sevilla | €4.99Mill | €-7.92K p/w | 4th |
 Ligue 1 | Bordeaux | €4.99Mill | €- p/w | 8th |
| La Liga | Valencia | €6Mill | €-27.66K p/w | 7th |
| Serie A | Torino | €6.09Mill | €1.86K p/w | 9th |
| Serie A | Sampdoria | €6.4Mill | €10.99K p/w | 10th |
 K League 1 | Daegu | €6.56Mill | €4.4K p/w | 7th |
| K League 1 | Seoul | €6.56Mill | €9.54K p/w | 5th |
| MLS Western Conf. | Seattle | €6.79Mill | €6.54K p/w | 1st |
 Primera Division | Boca Juniors | €6.79Mill | €- p/w | 1st |
 Liga MX | Pachuca | €6.79Mill | € p/w | – |
| Liga MX | Cruz Azul | €6.79Mill | €1.88K p/w | – |
 Eredevisie | AZ Alkmaar | €7Mill | €- p/w | 3rd |
| Serie A | Udinese | €7.5Mill | € p/w | 14th |
| Ligue 1 | Marseille | €7.5Mill | €- p/w | 4th |
| MLS Eastern Conf. | NYCFC | €7.22Mill | €- p/w | 3rd |
 Fortuna Liga | Sparta Prague | €7.39Mill | €110K p/w | 2nd |
| Ligue 1 | Saint-Etienne | €7.5Mill | € p/w | 10th |
 Premier Liha | Shakhtar | €8.49Mill | €- p/w | 1st |
| Liga MX | Club America | €8.49Mill | – | – |
| MLS Eastern Conf. | Inter Miami | €8.49Mill | €9.91K p/w | 4th |
| Premier Liha | Dynamo Kyiv | €8.49Mill | € p/w | 2nd |
 Bundesliga | E. Frankfurt | €8.5Mill | €76.92K p/w | 9th |
| Bundesliga | 1899 Hoffenheim | €8.99Mill | €55.62K p/w | 8th |
| La Liga | Celta Vigo | €9Mill | €-2.05K p/w | 12th |
| Fortuna Liga | Slavia Prague | €9.23Mill | €92.239K p/w | 3rd |
| Bundesliga | Schalke 04 | €9.3Mill | €90.64K p/w | 7th |
| K League 1 | Ulsan Huyndai | €9.84Mill | €13.22K p/w | 2nd |
| La Liga | FC Barcelona | €9.99Mill | €71.79K p/w | 1st |
 Premier Division | Spartak Moscow | €10Mill | 41.29K p/w | 4th |
| Premier Division | Zenit | €10Mill | €15.68K p/w | 1st |
| Bundesliga | Bor. Mönchengladbach | €10Mill | €55.62K p/w | 6th |
| Premier Division | Krasnodar | €10Mill | €53.08K p/w | 2nd |
| Eredevisie | Feyenoord | €10Mill | €- p/w | 5th |
| Bundesliga | Bor. Dortmund | €10Mill | €71.7K p/w | 2nd |
| MLS Western Conf. | Los Angeles FC | €10.19Mill | €- p/w | 3rd |
| Bundesliga | Wolfsburg | €10Mill | €64.84K p/w | 10th |
| Liga MX | Monterrey | €10.61Mill | €230 p/w | – |
| Premier League | West Ham | €10.94Mill | €115K p/w | 16th |
| Premier League | Brighton | €10.94Mill | €60.18K p/w | 11th |
| Super League | Shandong | €11.25Mill | €- p/w | 4th |
| Serie A | Sassuolo | €11.3Mill | €27.34K p/w | 13th |
| MLS Eastern Conf. | Toronto | €11.4Mill | €12.24K p/w | 2nd |
| Premier League | Burnley | €11.49Mill | €49.24K p/w | 13th |
| Serie A | Fiorentina | €11.8Mill | €37.85K p/w | 8th |
| Liga MX | Tigres | €12.74Mill | €- p/w | – |
| La Liga | Real Sociedad | €12.96Mill | €43.76K p/w | 6th |
| K League 1 | Jeonbuk | €13.13Mill | €12.25K p/w | 1st |
| Premier League | Chelsea | €13.13Mill | €- p/w | 6th |
| LaLiga Smartbank | CD Leganés | €13.62Mill | €15.25K p/w | 2nd |
| Premier League | Tottenham | €14.22Mill | €71.12K p/w | 6th |
| La Liga | Villarreal | €15Mill | €10.88K p/w | 8th |
| Ligue 1 | Stade Rennais | €15Mill | €457 p/w | 7th |
| Eredevisie | PSV | €15Mill | €- p/w | 2nd |
| Ligue 1 | OGC Nice | €15Mill | €- p/w | 7th |
| Ligue 1 | Monaco | €15Mill | €- p/w | 2nd |
| Ligue 1 | LOSC Lille | €15Mill | €- p/w | 5th |
| Ligue 1 | Olympique Lyonnais | €15Mill | €49.99K p/w | 3rd |
| Jupiler Pro | Club Brugge | €15Mill | €115K p/w | 1st |
| MLS Eastern Conf. | Atlanta United | €15.71Mill | €1.27Mill p/w | 1st |
| Championship | Norwich | €16.41Mill | €10.96K p/w | 3rd |
| Serie A | Atalanta | €16.5Mill | €-5.06K p/w | 7th |
| Serie A | AS Roma | €17Mill | €84.22K p/w | 5th |
| Serie A | Lazio | €17.3Mill | €- K p/w | 4th |
| Serie A | SSC Napoli | €17.4Mill | €23.46K p/w | 3rd |
| Serie A | A.C Milan | €17.5Mill | €- p/w | 6th |
| Premier League | Newcastle | €18.05Mill | €65.65K p/w | 18th |
| Premier League | Man City | €18.6Mill | €547K p/w | 1st |
| Premier League | Wolverhampton | €19.15Mill | €131K p/w | 8th |
| Premier League | Liverpool | €19.69Mill | €109K p/w | 2nd |
| Jupiler Pro | KRC Genk | €19.99Mill | €24.99K p/w | 4th |
| Bundesliga | RB Leipzig | €19.99Mill | €96.15K p/w | 5th |
 Tipico Bundesliga | RB Salzburg | €20Mill | €6.93K p/w | 1st |
| Super League | Shenzhen | €20.69Mill | €0 p/w | 6th |
| Serie A | Inter Milan | €22Mill | €-816 p/w | 1st |
| Premier League | Crystal Palace | €24.05Mill | €43.77K p/w | 19th |
| Bundesliga | Hertha Berlin | €24.5Mill | €97.2K p/w | 3rd |
| Serie A | Juventus | €25Mill | €5.68K p/w | 2nd |
| Premier Division | Dinamo Moscow | €25Mill | €152K p/w | 6th |
| La Liga | Athletic Bilbao | €25Mill | €52.88K p/w | 5th |
| Super League | Shenhua | €34.13Mill | €-205 p/w | 5th |
| Super League | Dalian Pro | €35.51Mill | €30.1K p/w | 8th |
| Ligue 1 | Paris SG | €44.99Mill | €120K p/w | 1st |
| Eredevisie | Ajax | €50Mill | €- p/w | 1st |
| Super League | Guangzhou Evergrande | €51.38Mill | €104K p/w | 1st |
| Super League | Beijing | €52.19Mill | €65.58K p/w | 3rd |
| Premier League | Man Utd | €56.9Mill | €374K p/w | 4th |
| La Liga | Real Madrid | €60Mill | €1.58K p/w | 2nd |
| Bundesliga | Bayern Munich | €60Mill | €301K p/w | 3rd |
