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Let's end this argument with fact's shall we.

Alex Ferguson transfer spend over 26 years: £546.5m
Total Recouped: £320.0m
Total spent with above factored in @ £226.5m

13 PremierLeague Titles.
5 FA Cup's
4 League cup's
2 Champions League's
1 Super cup
1 Uefa cup winner's cup
1 Club world cup.
Manager of the season x11
Manager of the decade x1
plenty other trophies.

and about 50 other awards under Manchester United.


Roberto Mancini in 4 years.

Spent: £285m
Recouped: 0m.
Net: £285m

1 x Premier League
1 x FA CUP
1 x Community Shield.

An absolutely shocking amount to spend with minimal return from it. Only to then publicly say he wanted to sign more players... Mancini deserved what he got at the end of the day.


Sir Alex Ferguson is undoubtedly the greatest manager of all time by far in my opinion. He may indeed have had big money but he spent it a lot wiser than any other manager out there.

The idea that money leads to greatness argument is old and stale now, Freddy Shepherd nearly destroyed Newcastle United by buying players that were highly rated but then flopped in the English League. Liverpool have spent massively in the past 3 years and have nothing to show for it in terms of League Standing.