Top 100 Clubs With The Highest Transfer Budgets & Wages in Football Manager 2020 Revealed
Looking for a new managerial challenge where you’ll get enough money to dip your toes in the transfer market right from the beginning? To help you in the search we serve you this massive list of Football Manager 2020 transfer budget and wages featuring the top 100 clubs.
Which clubs will have the biggest transfer budget and funds available to buy one to three-star 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 making some significant transfers in the last transfer windows.
Here we reveal the clubs with the biggest transfer budget and wages in Football Manager 2020. 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 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 tycoon companies put their mark on the economic strength of the clubs to maneuver in the highly inflated transfer market.
Discover the top Football Manager 2020 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 6th year in the row, we hand you our list of the top clubs with the biggest transfer budgets available at the start of the 2019-2020 season. This means that the available funds have been influenced by the recent 2020 winter 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 re-negotiating 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 requires a database extension to unlock, such as clubs in Qatar, Saudi Arabia or Japan, and have restricted the list to the ones with a transfer budget higher than €5.5Mill.
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 2019-2020 season or in the weird circumstances the 2019 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 top leagues of football after clubs with enough money to dip your toes into the transfer market immediately and make an immediate mark on your squad from the first season on, which comes in handy if you’d like to implement a certain tactical style that separates you from your successor, or you simply want to provide depth to your aging squad with a new Football Manager wonderkid.
Disclaimer:
The current ranking is based on the 20.3 database.
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.
- Go to Board Overview – 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.
Football Manager 2020 Transfer Budgets & Wages [v.20.3]
| NATION DIVISION | CLUB | TRANSFER BUDGET (€) | AVAIL WAGE BUDGET (p/w) | MEDIA PREDICT. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premier League | Arsenal | €6.9Mill | €406K p/w | 6th |
 Eredevisie | Feyenoord | €7Mill | €1.86K p/w | 4th |
| Eredevisie | AZ Alkmaar | €7Mill | €5.6K p/w | 3rd |
 Serie A | Genoa | €7Mill | €36.85K p/w | 14th |
 Superliga | Boca Juniors | €7.2Mill | €623 p/w | 2nd |
 Liga MX | Cruz Azul | €7.2Mill | – | – |
| Liga MX | Pachuca | €7.2Mill | – | – |
| Serie A | Sampdoria | €7.5Mill | €6.14K p/w | 11th |
| Serie A | Udinese | €7.5Mill | €5.38K p/w | 15th |
 K League 1 | Daegu | €7.54Mill | €4.4K p/w | 7th |
 Serie A | Corinthians | €7.6Mill | €65.2K p/w | 5th |
| Serie A | São Paulo | €7.6Mill | €43.4K p/w | 4th |
 Fortuna Liga | Sparta Prague | €7.8Mill | €117.3K p/w | 3rd |
 Liga NOS | FC Porto | €8Mill | €50K p/w | 1st |
 Ligue 1 | Saint-Etienne | €8Mill | €1.1K p/w | 8th |
 Prva Liga | Dinamo Zagreb | €8Mill | €5.99K p/w | 1st |
| Serie A | Bologna | €8Mill | €7.15K p/w | 13th |
| Premier League | Watford | €8.1Mill | €87.7K p/w | 13th |
 Bundesliga | E. Frankfurt | €8.5Mill | €76.9K p/w | 10th |
| Serie A | Flamengo | €8.69Mill | €39.1K p/w | 1st |
| Serie A | Palmeiras | €8.7Mill | €34.8K p/w | 2nd |
| Premier League | Norwich | €8.7Mill | €34.8K p/w | 20th |
| Bundesliga | 1899 Hoffenheim | €9Mill | €37.9K p/w | 8th |
 La Liga | Celta Vigo | €9Mill | €9.24K p/w | 11th |
 Premier Liha | Shakhtar | €9Mill | €433 p/w | 1st |
| Premier Liha | Dynamo Kyiv | €9Mill | €1 p/w | 2nd |
| Liga MX | Club America | €9.02Mill | – | – |
 MLS (WC) | Vancouver Whitecaps | €9.02Mill | €24.2K p/w | 9th |
| Premier League | Brighton | €9.05Mill | €69.6K p/w | 15th |
| K League 1 | Seoul | €9.2Mill | €9.6K p/w | 4th |
| Bundesliga | Schalke 04 | €10Mill | €76.9K p/w | 4th |
| Fortuna Liga | Slavia Prague | €9.3Mill | €78.2K p/w | 3rd |
| La Liga | FC Barcelona | €10Mill | €100K p/w | 1st |
| Bundesliga | Bor. Mönchengladbach | €10Mill | €38.4K p/w | 6th |
 Premier Division | Zenit | €10Mill | €39.25K p/w | 1st |
| Bundesliga | Wolfsburg | €10Mill | €76.6K p/w | 9th |
| Premier Division | Krasnodar | €10Mill | €48.1K p/w | 2nd |
| Serie A | Torino | €10Mill | €7.81K p/w | 9th |
| Rosgosstrakh | Slartak Moscow | €10Mill | €40.93K p/w | 4th |
| Ligue 1 | Stade Rennais | €10Mill | €457 p/w | 7th |
| Serie A | Sassuolo | €10Mill | €78.9K p/w | 10th |
| Liga MX | CD Guadalajara | €10.8Mill | €117 p/w | – |
| MLS (EC) | Los Angeles FC | €10.8Mill | €18.27K p/w | 1st |
| Liga MX | Monterrey | €11.2Mill | €137 p/w | 2nd |
| MLS (EC) | Toronto | €11.2Mill | €6.9K p/w | 1st |
| Premier League | Everton | €11.6Mill | €58K p/w | 9th |
| Premier League | Southampton | €11.6Mill | €174K p/w | 10th |
| Premier League | Aston Villa | €11.6Mill | €40K p/w | 18th |
| K League 1 | Ulsan Huyndai | €11.6Mill | €13.3K p/w | 2nd |
| Sky Bet Championship | Derby | €11.6Mill | €23.2K p/w | 14th |
| Serie A | Atalanta | €12Mill | €8.55K p/w | 7th |
 Super League | Shanghai SIPG | €12.67Mill | €0 p/w | 2nd |
| Super League | Shandong | €12.67Mill | €126.78K p/w | 5th |
| Super League | Tianjin Teda | €12.67Mill | €190K p/w | 12th |
| Super League | Dalian Pro | €12.67Mill | €0 p/w | 9th |
| Ligue 1 | Bordeaux | €13Mill | €441 p/w | 6th |
| Liga MX | Tigres | €13.5Mill | €52 p/w | – |
 Premiership | Celtic | €14.5Mill | €40.6K p/w | 1st |
| Premier League | Bournemouth | €14.83Mill | €69K p/w | 14th |
| La Liga | Valencia | €15Mill | €14.24K p/w | 4th |
| La Liga | Villarreal | €15Mill | €23K p/w | 8th |
| Eredevisie | PSV | €15Mill | €1.54K p/w | 2nd |
| Ligue 1 | LOSC Lille | €15Mill | €755 p/w | 5th |
| Ligue 1 | OGC Nice | €15Mill | €882 p/w | 9th |
 Jupiler Pro | Club Brugge | €15Mill | €100K p/w | 1st |
| Premier League | Wolverhampton | €15.57Mill | €92.8K p/w | 8th |
| K League 1 | Jeonbuk | €17.4Mill | €11.8K p/w | 1st |
| Serie A | Lazio | €17Mill | €5.23K p/w | 4th |
| Premier League | Tottenham | €17.41Mill | €233K p/w | 4th |
| Premier League | Burnley | €17.41Mill | €53.89K p/w | 16th |
| Serie A | AS Roma | €18Mill | €98.2K p/w | 5th |
| Serie A | Fiorentina | €18Mill | €175K p/w | 8th |
| MLS East (2020) | Inter Miami | €18Mill | €364K p/w | N/A |
| Premier League | Newcastle | €18.57Mill | €47.81K p/w | 17th |
| Super League | Jiangsu Suning | €19Mill | €0 p/w | 4th |
| Bundesliga | Bor. Dortmund | €20Mill | €60.03K p/w | 2nd |
 Tipico Bundesliga | RB Salzburg | €20Mill | €787 p/w | 1st |
| Bundesliga | RB Leipzig | €20Mill | €106K p/w | 7th |
| Jupiler Pro | KRC Genk | €20Mill | €25.52K p/w | 5th |
| Premier League | Crystal Palace | €23.22Mill | €48.22K p/w | 12th |
| Serie A | A.C Milan | €25Mill | €19.46K p/w | 6th |
| La Liga | Athletic Bilbao | €25Mill | €32.25K p/w | 6th |
| Ligue 1 | Monaco | €25Mill | €406 p/w | 2nd |
| PremierLiga | Dinamo Moscow | €25Mill | €198K p/w | 7th |
| Serie A | SSC Napoli | €30Mill | €69.74K p/w | 3rd |
| Ligue 1 | Olympique Lyonnais | €30Mill | €50.66K p/w | 3rd |
| Super League | Beijing | €31.67Mill | €12.07K p/w | 3rd |
| Premier League | Leicester | €34.83Mill | €82.64K p/w | 7th |
| Serie A | Juventus | €35Mill | €21.87K p/w | 1st |
| Serie A | Inter Milan | €35Mill | €113K p/w | 2nd |
| Premier League | Man City | €54.5Mill | €581K p/w | 1st |
| Super League | Guangzhou Evergrande | €54.83Mill | €118K p/w | 1st |
| Premier League | Man Utd | €58Mill | €349K p/w | 5th |
| La Liga | Real Madrid | €60Mill | €112K p/w | 2nd |
| Bundesliga | Bayern Munich | €60Mill | €329K p/w | 1st |
| Liga NOS | SL Benfica | €70Mill | €429K p/w | 2nd |
| Eredevisie | Ajax | €75Mill | €1.57K p/w | 1st |
| Ligue 1 | Paris SG | €85Mill | €120K p/w | 1st |
| Premier League | Liverpool | €113.7Mill | €349K p/w | 2nd |
| Premier League | Chelsea | €146.2Mill | €929K p/w | 3rd |
