Pep reaches 2 billion euros in player purchases

Pep Guardiola became the first coach in world football history to surpass the 2 billion euro mark for player purchases during his coaching career.

Guardiola has spent heavily to build a squad according to his philosophy.

On the morning of July 30, Manchester City announced the James Trafford deal, after the club activated the clause to buy back this goalkeeper for 27 million pounds (32 million euros) from Burnley.

The James Trafford deal helped Pep reach the 2 billion euro mark for player purchases, far surpassing other coaches such as Diego Simeone (1.31 billion euro) or Massimiliano Allegri (1.2 billion euro), Thomas Tuchel (1.19 billion euro) or Antonio Conte (1.16 billion euro).

According to data from Transfermarkt , in 17 years as a top coach (since leading Barcelona's first team in the 2008/09 season), Guardiola spent 2.01 billion euros on new players, setting a record in world football history.

In fact, Pep's spending at Barcelona or Bayern Munich is not too high, less than 800 million euros. Almost all of the Spanish coach's most famous deals came when he led Man City, with a spending of nearly 1.31 billion euros.

In return, Guardiola has created a period of great success at the Etihad Stadium since taking over the team in the summer of 2016. With such a large total spending, Guardiola has built a powerful squad for Man City, winning 6 Premier League titles, 1 Champions League, and many other titles.

Source: https://znews.vn/pep-can-moc-2-ty-euro-mua-sam-cau-thu-post1572677.html